Ubuntu 9.10 Hangs Frequently

[Liam Proven]

On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 5:15 PM, MirJafar Ali <mirjafarali at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 5:42 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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>> On 03/31/2010 01:00 PM, MirJafar Ali wrote:
>> > On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 11:36 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On 03/29/2010 10:26 PM, MirJafar Ali wrote:
>> >> > On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 12:22 PM, NoOp <.> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Log in normally. Ensure that you have a network connection. Open a
>> >> >> terminal and issue the following commands:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> $ sudo apt-get update
>> >> >> $ sudo apt-get upgrade
>> >> >> $ sudo apt-get install -f
>> >> >> $ sudo dpkg --configure -a
>> >> >>
>> >> >> repeat. Let us know what, if any, errors you got from the last two
>> >> >> commands.
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > @blackhole:~$ sudo apt-get install -f
>> >> > Reading package lists... Done
>> >> > Building dependency tree
>> >> > Reading state information... Done
>> >> > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 18 not upgraded.
>> >> > @blackhole:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
>> >> > @blackhole:~$
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Please let me know if I need to do something.
>> >>
>> >> Yes. Do the instuctions in the order that I gave them to you and then
>> >> repeat them.
>>
>> > I tried many times, but no status changed and I still get system hanged
>> > as
>> > usual. I don't know what
>> > should I do. May be switching back to 9.04 or moving to Red-Hat, I don't
>> > know.
>> >
>>
>> You have 18 packages that are not being upgraded; that indicates that
>> the upgrade was incomplete. Can you provide the output of:
>>
>> $ sudo apt-get upgrade
>>
> Hi,
>
> Here is the output
>
>
> blackhole:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
> [sudo] password for csverma:
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> The following packages have been kept back:
>   bind9-host dnsutils libbind9-50 libdns50 libgssapi-krb5-2 libgssrpc4
>   libisc50 libisccc50 libisccfg50 libk5crypto3 libkadm5srv6 libkrb5-3
>   libkrb5-dev libkrb5support0 liblwres50 linux-generic linux-headers-generic
>   linux-image-generic
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 18 not upgraded.
> @blackhole:~$

I am sure that this is not the "official" way, but when I have
problems due to packages being "held back", I just manually 'apt-get
install' those packages.

So in this case, just type

sudo apt-get install

(ending in a space) then use the mouse to highlight the list of
packages being held back. Middle-click and the whole list will be
inserted after your apt-get command. Hit return, they'll be upgraded
and your system will be brought up to date.

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