Ubuntu 9.10 Hangs Frequently

[NoOp]

On 04/01/2010 09:15 AM, MirJafar Ali wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 5:42 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
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> 
> 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:~$

The issue is most likely the linux-generic linux-headers-generic
linux-image-generic packages. For some reason those have not been
updated/upgraded and are quite likely the reason why the rest are being
held back. As Liam Proven as advised, you probably should go ahead and
install these individually given that the normal 'dpkg --configure -a'
etc didn't work. You can give Liam O'Toole's suggestion a go, it
certainly won't hurt anything.

I personally would do these in this order:

$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

and then if that doesn't pull in the bits:

$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall linux-generic linux-headers-generic
linux-image-generic
[Note I recommend that you reboot following that to complete the kernel
upgrades.]

then check to see if your kernel is the latest for 9.10:

$ uname -a

result should be 2.6.31-20-generic or 2.6.31-21-generic

then

$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
[That should pull in the other missing bits after the kernel has been
updated. If not then again provide the output of 'sudo apt-get upgrade']

However, you still didn't answer the question as to what happens when
you run the standard Update Manager. Did you get prompted to do a
partial upgrade? If so did you do it?