Software updater hangs after about 80%

[Colin Watson]

On Mon, Jul 02, 2018 at 02:07:51PM +0100, Richard Kimber wrote:
> I started todays update, but this hangs during configuration of
> linux-image-4.15.0-24-generic
> 
> What's the best course of action in this situation?
> 
> The last few messages are:-
> 
> 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 /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:
> 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

This sounds like a thread from a week or two ago.  Check whether you
have any stuck remote mounts or similar that might cause 'sync' to hang;
unmounting them may well help.

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at ubuntu.com]