Software updater hangs after about 80%

[Richard Kimber]

On Mon, 02 Jul 2018 15:25:31 +0200
Oliver Grawert <ogra at ubuntu.com> wrote:

>
> > update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-24-generic
> > /sbin/ldconfig.real: Warning: ignoring configuration file that
> > cannot be opened: /etc/ld.so.conf.d/i386-linux-gnu_EGL.conf: No
> > such file or directory   
> 
> that warning (note it isnt an error and not fatal or anything) looks
> like a missing or dangling alternative for a graphics driver ... take
> a look with:
> 
> update-alternatives --list i386-linux-gnu_egl_conf 
> 
> that should show where it thinks it points to (you can also try --
> config instead of --list to pick another graphics driver for the GLES
> and GL libs)
> 

Hi
Thanks for responding. I should have mentioned I'm using 18.04 on a 64
bit machine. Presumably i386 is irrelevant ??

> > /sbin/ldconfig.real: Warning: ignoring configuration file
> > that cannot be opened: /etc/ld.so.conf.d/i386-linux-gnu_GL.conf: No
> > such file or directory /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub:  
> 
> same as above ... the alternatives command would be:
> 
> update-alternatives --list i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf
> 
> > Generating grub configuration file ... Found linux
> > image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-24-generic Found initrd
> > image: /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-24-generic Found linux
> > image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-23-generic Found initrd
> > image: /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-23-generic Found linux
> > image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-22-generic Found initrd
> > image: /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-22-generic  
> 
> that looks actually like it finishes properly after generating the
> initrd and grub configs ... did you give it some time ? perhaps it is
> just slow ...

It's been stuck at that point for well over an hour ....

Should I just reboot? Or is there something else crucial that the
update needs to do after this?  I guess if not then a reboot is the
best option ??

- Richard.
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Richard Kimber