Hello Devs
Hope this post is in the correct place…?
Had screen notification for 82 updates so did the usual; instigate update from the welcome window.
It started okay but quickly locked up – froze – no mouse or keyboard. As you can see from camera photo the clock froze at 11:06:55 – I left it for about 20 mins before powering off.
After two reboots it is still reading “error: failed to synchronize all databases (unable to lock databases)”
Will try again later
not really a BUG on EndeavourOS this can happen in some circumstances where you may stop an update or something crashed e.t.c.
first try to remove the lock file:
sudo rm /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
What in 99% should solve such issue adter this first update db only:
sudo pacman -Sy
if it fails again give the exact output and please no screenshots for text… use:
</> from the menu on post editor after copy paste the text from terminal into the editor and mark it.
Thank you Doktor, and thanks for being polite re using screenshot. I have yet to use that symbol on text or anything - what do you do - swipe it then click the symbol…?
Will try your terminal commands - then reboot and try to update again.
Where should I have posted this update issue?
Thanks again for rapid resonce 
Hey @joekamprad I think you have solved the issue as all seems to be okay now.
I ran those two terminal commands you gave me and…
[anglo@anglo-latitudee6420 ~]$ sudo rm /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
[sudo] password for anglo:
[anglo@anglo-latitudee6420 ~]$ sudo pacman -Sy
:: Synchronising package databases...
core is up to date
extra 1585.1 KiB 145 KiB/s 00:11 [--------------------------------] 100%
community 5.9 MiB 238 KiB/s 00:25 [--------------------------------] 100%
multilib 148.5 KiB 47.7 KiB/s 00:03 [--------------------------------] 100%
endeavouros is up to date
[anglo@anglo-latitudee6420 ~]$
Now the old age pensioner can also use </> 
Thanks to the Doktor 
I moved it to “General System”
After running that command you should always update to make sure your system is up-to-date. Especially since something failed during your previous update.
Thanks @dalto - I was just about to do that - out of curiosity?
Will reboot and try “Update System” from the welcome window again.
You should update before rebooting in most cases.
Phew that was close! I just noticed notification top right as I was closing tabs.
Will take your advice - old habits die hard 
yea i forget that 
much more easy to copy paste from that in case i need to do some research. 
All 82 updates installed. After advised reboot all seems to be okay.
There were a few warnings which I have pasted just in case someone is
interested in the firmware side.
==> Image generation successful
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'fallback'
-> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect
==> Starting build: 5.15.7-arch1-1
-> Running build hook: [base]
-> Running build hook: [udev]
-> Running build hook: [modconf]
-> Running build hook: [block]
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: aic94xx
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: wd719x
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: xhci_pci
-> Running build hook: [keyboard]
-> Running build hook: [keymap]
-> Running build hook: [consolefont]
==> WARNING: consolefont: no font found in configuration
-> Running build hook: [encrypt]
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: qat_4xxx
-> Running build hook: [openswap]
-> Running build hook: [resume]
-> Running build hook: [filesystems]
-> Running build hook: [fsck]
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Creating zstd-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
==> Image generation successful
( 8/15) Reloading system bus configuration...
( 9/15) Warn about old perl modules
(10/15) Check if user should be informed about rebooting after certain system package upgrades.
==> INFO: Reboot is recommended due to the upgrade of core system package(s).
(11/15) Compiling GSettings XML schema files...
(12/15) Updating icon theme caches...
(13/15) Checking which packages need to be rebuilt
(14/15) Updating the info directory file...
(15/15) Updating the desktop file MIME type cache…
Seem to have developed a ’ before and after all text when pasted from LibreOffice Writer even though I had removed formatting – Oh Dear…?
Can I say a big thank you to all for your help not only with this issue but for the education also – cheers 
Those are all normal. Glad to hear everything is OK.
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