Ubuntu 9.10 Hangs Frequently

[NoOp]

On 03/30/2010 12:39 AM, Knapp wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 7:36 AM, NoOp <youshouldfixyourclientsothatitdoesn'tputemailaddresseshere> 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.
> 
> Why do they need to be repeated?
> 

Habit I guess. But primarily because he has " 18 not upgraded". I've
found in the past that you may upgrade multiple packages, then run
update & upgrade again, and still may not have all the bits sorted out
on a borked system. So, I run the above until I get no further "x not
upgraded msgs". If after repeating the above he still has packages stuck
(not upgraded) then he can dig deeper, but the above 'normally' will
sort things out.