Ubuntu 9.10 Hangs Frequently

[MirJafar Ali]

On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 9:09 PM, MirJafar Ali <mirjafarali at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 7:32 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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>> On 04/04/2010 05:04 PM, MirJafar Ali wrote:
>> > On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 2:34 PM, NoOp ...
>>
>> >> $ sudo apt-get install linux-image
>> >> $ sudo update-grub
>> >>
>> >> reboot.
>> ...
>> >
>> > Hello
>> >
>> > I did exactly as per your instructions, but I still get the following.
>> >
>> > @blackhole:~$ uname -a
>> > Linux blackhole 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:05:01 UTC
>> > 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>> > blackhole:~$
>>
>> Goh Lip probably has the right idea (reinstalling grub), but first:
>>
>> OK. Assuming that 'sudo apt-cache policy linux-image' is now showing
>> 2.6.31.20 installed. Now do:
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>> $ sudo apt-get update
>> $ sudo apt-get upgrade
>> $ sudo update-initramfs -u -k all
>> $ sudo grub-update
>> $ sudo apt-get install -f
>> $ sudo dpkg --configure -a
>>
>> and let us know what the results are (post for the last 4 commands).
>>
>>
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>
> Hi,
>
> Here is the output.
>
>
> csverma at blackhole:~$ sudo update-initramfs -u -k all
> update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-20-generic
> update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
> update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-15-generic
> csverma at blackhole:~$ sudo grub-update
> sudo: grub-update: command not found
> csverma at blackhole:~$ sudo update-grub
> Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
> Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
> Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
> Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
> Ignoring Xen kernel on non-Xen host: vmlinuz-2.6.18.8-xen
> Found Xen hypervisor 3.4.2,  kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18.8-xen
> Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-20-generic
> Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic
> Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-15-generic
> Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin
> Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
>
> csverma at 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 0 not upgraded.
> csverma at blackhole:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
> csverma at blackhole:~$
>
>

Hello,

Even this time also, after following ur instructions, I don't get Kernel
updated. Still uname -a and boot gives the old
kernel and machine hanging is becoming pathetic. I think I made a bad
judgement of upgrading ubuntu to 9.10.

Mir
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