Error: failed to synchronize databases (unable to lock database)
Hello everyone, I’m having an issue while trying to update my system.
(pacman ,yay ,cachy update)
Note: I do not have any active pacman instance and I do not intend to delete db.lck
sys info
**System:**
**Kernel:** 6.16.8-2-cachyos **arch:** x86_64 **bits:** 64 **compiler:** clang **v:** 20.1.8
**clocksource:** tsc **avail:** hpet,acpi_pm
**parameters:** BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-cachyos
root=UUID=a2056dd7-7ad3-42a8-acb7-a9af2c43b824 rw rootflags=subvol=@
nowatchdog nvme_load=YES zswap.enabled=0 splash
resume=UUID=a76a1ed0-6d1a-4eee-bb0c-b5831eb2f786 loglevel=3
**Desktop:** KDE Plasma **v:** 6.4.5 **tk:** Qt **v:** N/A **info:** frameworks **v:** 6.18.0
**wm:** kwin_wayland **vt:** 2 **dm:** SDDM **Distro:** CachyOS **base:** Arch Linux
**Machine:**
**Type:** Desktop **System:** BIOSTAR **product:** H410MH **v:** N/A
**serial:** <superuser required> **Chassis:** **type:** 3 **serial:** <superuser required>
**Mobo:** BIOSTAR **model:** H410MH **serial:** <superuser required>
**uuid:** <superuser required> **UEFI:** American Megatrends **v:** 5.17
**date:** 12/17/2020
**Battery:**
**Device-1:** hidpp_battery_0 **model:** Logitech Wireless Keyboard **serial:** <filter>
**charge:** 55% (should be ignored) **rechargeable:** yes **status:** discharging
**CPU:**
**Info:** **model:** Intel Core i5-10400F **bits:** 64 **type:** MT MCP **arch:** Comet Lake
**gen:** core 10 **level:** v3 **note:** check **built:** 2020 **process:** Intel 14nm **family:** 6
**model-id:** 0xA5 (165) **stepping:** 3 **microcode:** 0x100
**Topology:** **cpus:** 1x **dies:** 1 **clusters:** 6 **cores:** 6 **threads:** 12 **tpc:** 2
**smt:** enabled **cache:** **L1:** 384 KiB **desc:** d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB **L2:** 1.5 MiB
**desc:** 6x256 KiB **L3:** 12 MiB **desc:** 1x12 MiB
**Speed (MHz):** **avg:** 800 **min/max:** 800/2900 **scaling:** **driver:** intel_pstate
**governor:** powersave **cores:** **1:** 800 **2:** 800 **3:** 800 **4:** 800 **5:** 800 **6:** 800 **7:** 800
**8:** 800 **9:** 800 **10:** 800 **11:** 800 **12:** 800 **bogomips:** 69597
**Flags-basic:** avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
**Vulnerabilities:**
**Type:** gather_data_sampling **mitigation:** Microcode
**Type:** ghostwrite **status:** Not affected
**Type:** indirect_target_selection **mitigation:** Aligned branch/return thunks
**Type:** itlb_multihit **status:** KVM: Split huge pages
**Type:** l1tf **status:** Not affected
**Type:** mds **status:** Not affected
**Type:** meltdown **status:** Not affected
**Type:** mmio_stale_data **mitigation:** Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
**Type:** old_microcode **status:** Not affected
**Type:** reg_file_data_sampling **status:** Not affected
**Type:** retbleed **mitigation:** Enhanced IBRS
**Type:** spec_rstack_overflow **status:** Not affected
**Type:** spec_store_bypass **mitigation:** Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
**Type:** spectre_v1 **mitigation:** usercopy/swapgs barriers and \__user pointer
sanitization
**Type:** spectre_v2 **mitigation:** Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB:
conditional; PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence; BHI: SW loop, KVM: SW loop
**Type:** srbds **mitigation:** Microcode
**Type:** tsa **status:** Not affected
**Type:** tsx_async_abort **status:** Not affected
**Type:** vmscape **mitigation:** IBPB before exit to userspace
**Graphics:**
**Device-1:** NVIDIA GA106 \[Geforce RTX 3050\] **driver:** nvidia **v:** 580.82.09
**alternate:** nouveau,nvidia_drm **non-free:** 550-580.xx+ **status:** current (as of
2025-08; EOL\~2026-12-xx) **arch:** Ampere **code:** GAxxx **process:** TSMC n7 (7nm)
**built:** 2020-2023 **pcie:** **gen:** 3 **speed:** 8 GT/s **lanes:** 8 **link-max:** **gen:** 4
**speed:** 16 GT/s **lanes:** 16 **ports:** **active:** DP-1 **empty:** DP-2,DP-3,HDMI-A-1
**bus-ID:** 01:00.0 **chip-ID:** 10de:2507 **class-ID:** 0300
**Display:** wayland **server:** X.org **v:** 1.21.1.18 **with:** Xwayland **v:** 24.1.8
**compositor:** kwin_wayland **driver:** **X:** **loaded:** nvidia **unloaded:** modesetting
**alternate:** fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa **gpu:** nv_platform,nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch
**display-ID:** 0
**Monitor-1:** DP-1 **model:** SFP3212FHD **serial:** <filter> **built:** 2022 **res:**
**mode:** 1920x1080 **hz:** 165 **scale:** 100% (1) **dpi:** 70 **gamma:** 1.2
**size:** 600x330mm (23.62x12.99") **diag:** 801mm (31.5") **ratio:** 16:9 **modes:**
**max:** 1920x1080 **min:** 640x480
**API:** EGL **v:** 1.5 **hw:** **drv:** nvidia **platforms:** **device:** 0 **drv:** nvidia **device:** 2
**drv:** swrast **gbm:** **drv:** nvidia **surfaceless:** **drv:** nvidia **wayland:** **drv:** nvidia
**x11:** **drv:** nvidia **inactive:** device-1
**API:** OpenGL **v:** 4.6.0 **compat-v:** 4.5 **vendor:** nvidia mesa **v:** 580.82.09
**glx-v:** 1.4 **direct-render:** yes **renderer:** NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050/PCIe/SSE2
**memory:** 7.81 GiB **display-ID:** :0.0
**API:** Vulkan **v:** 1.4.321 **layers:** 10 **device:** 0 **type:** discrete-gpu
**name:** NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 **driver:** nvidia **v:** 580.82.09
**device-ID:** 10de:2507 **surfaces:** N/A
**Info:** **Tools:** **api:** clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
**de:** kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor **gpu:** nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
**wl:** wayland-info **x11:** xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
**Audio:**
**Device-1:** Intel Comet Lake PCH-V cAVS **vendor:** Biostar Microtech Intl Corp
**driver:** snd_hda_intel **v:** kernel **alternate:** snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl
**bus-ID:** 00:1f.3 **chip-ID:** 8086:a3f0 **class-ID:** 0403
**Device-2:** NVIDIA GA106 High Definition Audio **driver:** snd_hda_intel
**v:** kernel **pcie:** **gen:** 3 **speed:** 8 GT/s **lanes:** 8 **link-max:** **gen:** 4
**speed:** 16 GT/s **lanes:** 16 **bus-ID:** 01:00.1 **chip-ID:** 10de:228e **class-ID:** 0403
**Device-3:** Sony Wireless Headset **driver:** hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
**type:** USB **rev:** 1.1 **speed:** 12 Mb/s **lanes:** 1 **mode:** 1.1 **bus-ID:** 1-6:6
**chip-ID:** 054c:0d5e **class-ID:** 0300
**API:** ALSA **v:** k6.16.8-2-cachyos **status:** kernel-api
**tools:** alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
**Server-1:** sndiod **v:** N/A **status:** off **tools:** aucat,midicat,sndioctl
**Server-2:** JACK **v:** 1.9.22 **status:** off **tools:** N/A
**Server-3:** PipeWire **v:** 1.4.8 **status:** active **with:** **1:** pipewire-pulse
**status:** active **2:** wireplumber **status:** active **3:** pipewire-alsa **type:** plugin
**tools:** pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
**Network:**
**Device-1:** Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
**vendor:** Biostar Microtech Intl Corp **driver:** r8169 **v:** kernel **pcie:** **gen:** 1
**speed:** 2.5 GT/s **lanes:** 1 **port:** 3000 **bus-ID:** 02:00.0 **chip-ID:** 10ec:8168
**class-ID:** 0200
**IF:** enp2s0 **state:** down **mac:** <filter>
**Device-2:** Realtek RTL8188EUS 802.11n Wireless Network Adapter
**driver:** rtl8xxxu **type:** USB **rev:** 2.0 **speed:** 480 Mb/s **lanes:** 1 **mode:** 2.0
**bus-ID:** 1-3:4 **chip-ID:** 0bda:8179 **class-ID:** 0000 **serial:** <filter>
**IF:** wlan0 **state:** up **mac:** <filter>
**Device-3:** Sony Wireless Headset **driver:** hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
**type:** USB **rev:** 1.1 **speed:** 12 Mb/s **lanes:** 1 **mode:** 1.1 **bus-ID:** 1-6:6
**chip-ID:** 054c:0d5e **class-ID:** 0300
**Info:** **services:** NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
**Drives:**
**Local Storage:** **total:** 2.78 TiB **used:** 844.6 GiB (29.7%)
**SMART Message:** Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
**ID-1:** /dev/nvme0n1 **maj-min:** 259:0 **vendor:** Kingston **model:** SKC3000D2048G
**size:** 1.86 TiB **block-size:** **physical:** 512 B **logical:** 512 B **speed:** 63.2 Gb/s
**lanes:** 4 **tech:** SSD **serial:** <filter> **fw-rev:** EIFK31.7 **temp:** 20.9 C
**scheme:** GPT
**ID-2:** /dev/sda **maj-min:** 8:0 **vendor:** Samsung **model:** GN-SSD-SH 1TB
**size:** 931.51 GiB **block-size:** **physical:** 512 B **logical:** 512 B **speed:** 6.0 Gb/s
**tech:** SSD **serial:** <filter> **fw-rev:** 2B0 **scheme:** GPT
**ID-3:** /dev/sdb **maj-min:** 8:16 **model:** USB DISK 2.0 **size:** 7.24 GiB
**block-size:** **physical:** 512 B **logical:** 512 B **type:** USB **rev:** 2.0 **spd:** 480 Mb/s
**lanes:** 1 **mode:** 2.0 **tech:** N/A **serial:** <filter> **fw-rev:** PMAP **scheme:** GPT
**SMART Message:** Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
**Partition:**
**ID-1:** / **raw-size:** 600 GiB **size:** 600 GiB (100.00%) **used:** 164.91 GiB (27.5%)
**fs:** btrfs **dev:** /dev/nvme0n1p5 **maj-min:** 259:5
**ID-2:** /boot/efi **raw-size:** 337.6 MiB **size:** 336.2 MiB (99.60%)
**used:** 37.9 MiB (11.3%) **fs:** vfat **dev:** /dev/nvme0n1p1 **maj-min:** 259:1
**ID-3:** /home **raw-size:** 600 GiB **size:** 600 GiB (100.00%)
**used:** 164.91 GiB (27.5%) **fs:** btrfs **dev:** /dev/nvme0n1p5 **maj-min:** 259:5
**ID-4:** /var/log **raw-size:** 600 GiB **size:** 600 GiB (100.00%)
**used:** 164.91 GiB (27.5%) **fs:** btrfs **dev:** /dev/nvme0n1p5 **maj-min:** 259:5
**ID-5:** /var/tmp **raw-size:** 600 GiB **size:** 600 GiB (100.00%)
**used:** 164.91 GiB (27.5%) **fs:** btrfs **dev:** /dev/nvme0n1p5 **maj-min:** 259:5
**Swap:**
**Kernel:** **swappiness:** 150 (default 60) **cache-pressure:** 50 (default 100)
**zswap:** no
**ID-1:** swap-1 **type:** zram **size:** 15.54 GiB **used:** 0 KiB (0.0%) **priority:** 100
**comp:** zstd **avail:** lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 **dev:** /dev/zram0
**ID-2:** swap-2 **type:** partition **size:** 16 GiB **used:** 0 KiB (0.0%) **priority:** -2
**dev:** /dev/nvme0n1p6 **maj-min:** 259:6
**Sensors:**
**System Temperatures:** **cpu:** 28.0 C **mobo:** N/A
**Fan Speeds (rpm):** N/A
**Info:**
**Memory:** **total:** 16 GiB **available:** 15.54 GiB **used:** 4.65 GiB (29.9%)
**Processes:** 335 **Power:** **uptime:** 27m **states:** freeze,mem,disk **suspend:** deep
**avail:** s2idle **wakeups:** 0 **hibernate:** platform **avail:** shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume **image:** 6.13 GiB **services:** org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd **Init:** systemd **v:** 258 **default:** graphical
**tool:** systemctl
**Packages:** 1641 **pm:** pacman **pkgs:** 1583 **libs:** 483 **tools:** octopi,paru,yay
**pm:** flatpak **pkgs:** 58 **Compilers:** **clang:** 20.1.8 **gcc:** 15.2.1 **Shell:** fish
**v:** 4.0.8 **running-in:** konsole **inxi:** 3.3.39
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