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06-03-2008, 05:29 AM	#16
trebek Member Registered: Feb 2005 Location: Costa Rica Distribution: Ubuntu, gOS, Debian & Slack 12 Posts: 426 Rep:	Is it possible that this lock is being logged somewhere in /var/log? Perhaps the right way to start troubleshooting would be to start looking for the error in the logs. So far, i've been through several upgrades now for hardy, and it none has fixed the issue.

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