[Bug 858167] Re: terminal freeze during update operation

[armon]

Thank you guys for trying to solve the problem.

Good news: Since I sent the bug report many things have changed: I
disconnected the HD of the Windows 7 which seemed to be affecting the
startup and update of the Ubuntu HD (I do not have now dual boot and use
Ubuntu exclusively), than I corrected the startup using "Ubuntu mbr
repair" and finally upgraded to 11.10. Since then everything has been
working properly.

Analyzing the long-lasting and frustrating chain of events,  I think
that after one of the frequent automatic Win 7 updates, possibly
coinciding with Ubuntu update,  somehow the sdb HD was transformed to be
sda HD and vice versa, thus causing a mix up in the processes of updates
of the two OS.

Note that I am just an ordinary, layman user (not a developer) and I
have a very limited understanding of the two operating system
mechanisms, so it seems that getting out of the mess was a beginners
luck....

Thank you again and all the best.

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Title:
  terminal freeze during  update operation

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Update operation done by update manager froze at the stage of grub update. Since then it is impossible to open the synaptic package manager[(E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. 
  E: _cache->open() failed, please report].
  I tried in vain in the terminal the suggested command (sudo dpkg --configure -a) - the termunal freezes at  the stage of grub update.
  It is impossible to see new updates in the  the update manager ( it is stuck on a message "Not all updates can be installed" and it is impossible to complete a partial upgrade.
  Start up time now is very slow - 4-5 minutes!

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: gnome-terminal 2.32.1-0ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.50-generic 2.6.38.8
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: i386
  CheckboxSubmission: 894dad0cc6d7d8a62fe0f6748d655a0d
  CheckboxSystem: 3d3208847d3d5f91226b98d85f564483
  Date: Sat Sep 24 14:38:14 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-29 (148 days ago)

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