https://arueckauer.github.io/tags/arch-linux/ Recent content in Arch-Linux on Andi Rückauer Hugo en-us <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CC BY-NC 4.0</a> Wed, 24 Sep 2025 05:23:59 +0000 https://arueckauer.github.io/posts/2025/09/arch-wsl-crashes-due-to-pacman-lock-files/ Wed, 24 Sep 2025 05:23:59 +0000 https://arueckauer.github.io/posts/2025/09/arch-wsl-crashes-due-to-pacman-lock-files/ <p>After a recent update, my Arch WSL distribution stopped starting correctly.</p> <h2 id="tldr">tl;dr</h2> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#75715e"># 1) Make sure no Pacman process is running</span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>ps aux | grep -i pacman </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#75715e"># 2) Remove lock files</span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo rm -f /var/lib/pacman/db.lck </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo rm -f /var/cache/pacman/pkg.lock </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#75715e"># 3) Re-sync databases</span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo pacman -Syy </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#75715e"># 4) Upgrade the system</span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm </span></span></code></pre></div><h2 id="error-message">Error message</h2> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-text" data-lang="text"><span style="display:flex;"><span>Schwerwiegender Fehler Fehlercode: Wsl/Service/E_UNEXPECTED </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>[Verarbeitung des Prozesses mit Code 4294967295 (0xffffffff) beendet] </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>Sie können dieses Terminal jetzt mit STRG+D schließen oder zum Neustart die EINGABETASTE drücken. </span></span></code></pre></div><p>Roughly translated:</p>