Software updater hangs after about 80%

[Richard Kimber]

On Mon, 2 Jul 2018 15:01:00 +0100
Colin Watson <cjwatson at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 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

> 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.
> 

Thanks. ps ax |grep mount gives

 1531 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/sbin/rpc.mountd --manage-gids
14047 pts/3    SN+0:00 /bin/sh /usr/lib/os-probes/50mounted-tests /dev/sdk1
14053 pts/3    DN+    0:00 grub-mount /dev/sdk1 /var/lib/os-prober/mount

Is this the problem?

- Richard.
-- 
Richard Kimber