7.01>8.04 upgrade hangs

[Frans]

On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:24:53 +0000, Ray Glendinning wrote:

> I upgraded on-line from 7.01 to 8.04 and the installation hung. An     
> attempt to stop the installation carried a warning that the system would
> be unstable if I did not resume. I had no choice. running Update Manager
> check gave the following error:
>         
>   E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure   -a'
>     to
>         correct the problem.
>         E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
>         
> Running dpkg --configure -a set the process in motion but it again
> froze at:
>         
>         Setting up locales (2.7.9-4) ...
>         Generating locales...
>           en_AU.UTF-8...
>         
> Any help out there?
>         
> Ray Glen

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.user/155480 might help.

The launchpad bug referred to is:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/249340
Izzy's comment on that bug on 2008-07-17 provided the workaround 
mentioned on the ubuntu-user list.

Good luck!

    -Frans