Ubuntu 9.10 Hangs Frequently

[NoOp]

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