Re: [Bug 249340] Re: Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef
- Original Message - From: ToniVC Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 7:30 am Subject: [Bug 249340] Re: Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef To: jjoean...@optonline.net I need to upgrade my Ubuntu server from 7.10 to 8.04 LTS. Since I have kernel version 2.6.22-16-server installed, do I still have to worry about this bug, or it has been already corrected on that new version? Thanks. -- Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249340 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. no longer using ubuntu. -- Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249340 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 249340] Re: Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef
hi, cannot really tell. in my case, upgrading from 7.10 to 8.04 did not show any major issue. i can provide you with the detailed settings if required. On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 1:10 PM, joe nowicki jjoean...@optonline.netwrote: - Original Message - From: ToniVC Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 7:30 am Subject: [Bug 249340] Re: Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef To: jjoean...@optonline.net I need to upgrade my Ubuntu server from 7.10 to 8.04 LTS. Since I have kernel version 2.6.22-16-server installed, do I still have to worry about this bug, or it has been already corrected on that new version? Thanks. -- Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249340 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. no longer using ubuntu. -- Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249340 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. Status in “langpack-locales” source package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “linux” source package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “linux-source-2.6.15” source package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “linux-source-2.6.22” source package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in langpack-locales in Ubuntu Dapper: Invalid Status in linux in Ubuntu Dapper: Invalid Status in linux-source-2.6.15 in Ubuntu Dapper: Fix Released Status in linux-source-2.6.22 in Ubuntu Dapper: Invalid Status in langpack-locales in Ubuntu Gutsy: Invalid Status in linux in Ubuntu Gutsy: Invalid Status in linux-source-2.6.15 in Ubuntu Gutsy: Invalid Status in linux-source-2.6.22 in Ubuntu Gutsy: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: locales I've been running Feisty for a while and decided to upgrade to Hardy. I used the Update Manager to upgrade from Feisty to Gutsy without problems last night. Tonight I decided to take the next step from Gutsy to Hardy. I again used the Update Manager GUI. But this time things didn't go so well. During the step Setting up locales (2.7.9-4) ... I get the following message: Generating locales... en_AU.UTF-8... And then the installer hangs forever with localedef eating 100% CPU. I'm not the only one. Here are the relevant threads on the forums: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=861384 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=861194 Interestingly enough, both threads were started *tonight* and there are no relevant earlier threads matching localedef, which makes me suspect this was due to a very recent change. As a workaround, sudo killall locale-gen allows the installation to continue, though several packages fail to install due to dependency errors. I also submitted an automated bug report after the failed upgrade (bug 249346). -- Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249340 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 249340] Re: Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef
On Thu, 8 Jan 2009, mfg8876 andrea...@vivodinet.gr wrote: The problem almost certainly lies in one of the localedef subroutines and is not bound to the underlying kernel (I have tried both downgrading the belocs-locale-bin package in 8.04 and updating it on a 7.04 release to no avail). Since this is in the gnu c lib it is understandably not an ubuntu maintained code. Alas, with ubuntu being the most wide spread distro among desktop users (feel free to correct me on this), it receives the most user feedback. Actually I *HAVE* done a trace to find the location of the problem, and I can assure you it *IS* in the Kernel. I have 50 MB of strace to prove it. On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 encbladexp stefan_b...@gmx.net wrote: the Problem exists on 32-Bit Ubuntu to. I have migrated serveral Systems from Gutsy to Hardy, an the Bug is in all off them. It doesn't Matter if 32 or 64-Bit. Indeed, the problem is with the generic part of the kernel, between certain releases. However But localedef is run before rebooting, and so the problem is with the OLD kernel -- the one you're migrating from, not the one you're installing. The resolution is to arrange to upgrade the kernel and reboot before trying to run localedef. This could be done by either: (1) requiring a kernel patch update as a prerequisite to doing a dist-upgrade; or (2) deferring localedef until after a reboot if the currently running kernel is in the affected range. I'm not a packaging expert so I don't know which of these is more feasible, however I suspect the latter may be easier to accomplish as it wouldn't need back-patching of the dependency lists of older releases. -Martin PS: this bug may also be related to https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/231746 -- Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249340 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 249340] Re: Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef
please close my inquiry no longer have problem. - Original Message - From: encbladexp Date: Sunday, January 11, 2009 1:05 pm Subject: [Bug 249340] Re: Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef To: jjoean...@optonline.net No mfg8876, the Problem exists on 32-Bit Ubuntu to. I have migrated serveral Systems from Gutsy to Hardy, an the Bug is in all off them. It doesn't Matter if 32 oder 64-Bit. mfg Betz Stefan -- Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249340 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. -- Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249340 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 249340] Re: Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef
Thank you. Due to (possibly unrelated) problems, I had to revert anyway. I'm now back in Gutsy for the foreseeable future. Michael --- On Sat, 9/27/08, Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Bug 249340] Re: Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, September 27, 2008, 8:25 AM FWIW, I tried to upgrade from fully-patched 7.10 to 8.04.1 6 weeks ago and ran into this. I tried a few of the fixes but nothing worked, so I restored the backup image to undo all changes. I tried again this week and it worked perfectly. -- Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249340 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. Status in “langpack-locales” source package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “linux” source package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “linux-source-2.6.15” source package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “linux-source-2.6.22” source package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in langpack-locales in Ubuntu Dapper: Invalid Status in linux in Ubuntu Dapper: Invalid Status in linux-source-2.6.15 in Ubuntu Dapper: Fix Released Status in linux-source-2.6.22 in Ubuntu Dapper: Invalid Status in langpack-locales in Ubuntu Gutsy: Invalid Status in linux in Ubuntu Gutsy: Invalid Status in linux-source-2.6.15 in Ubuntu Gutsy: Invalid Status in linux-source-2.6.22 in Ubuntu Gutsy: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: locales I've been running Feisty for a while and decided to upgrade to Hardy. I used the Update Manager to upgrade from Feisty to Gutsy without problems last night. Tonight I decided to take the next step from Gutsy to Hardy. I again used the Update Manager GUI. But this time things didn't go so well. During the step Setting up locales (2.7.9-4) ... I get the following message: Generating locales... en_AU.UTF-8... And then the installer hangs forever with localedef eating 100% CPU. I'm not the only one. Here are the relevant threads on the forums: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=861384 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=861194 Interestingly enough, both threads were started *tonight* and there are no relevant earlier threads matching localedef, which makes me suspect this was due to a very recent change. As a workaround, sudo killall locale-gen allows the installation to continue, though several packages fail to install due to dependency errors. I also submitted an automated bug report after the failed upgrade (bug 249346). -- Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249340 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 249340] Re: Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef
Please let me know what can I try to do to resolve my update process. Thanks. Enrico 2008/9/5 Stefan Bader [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you upgrade the kernel components to 2.6.24-21 from -proposed, does this help? -- Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249340 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of a duplicate bug. Status in langpack-locales source package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in linux source package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in linux-source-2.6.15 source package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in linux-source-2.6.22 source package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in langpack-locales in Ubuntu Dapper: Invalid Status in linux in Ubuntu Dapper: Invalid Status in linux-source-2.6.15 in Ubuntu Dapper: Fix Released Status in linux-source-2.6.22 in Ubuntu Dapper: Invalid Status in langpack-locales in Ubuntu Gutsy: Invalid Status in linux in Ubuntu Gutsy: Invalid Status in linux-source-2.6.15 in Ubuntu Gutsy: Invalid Status in linux-source-2.6.22 in Ubuntu Gutsy: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: locales I've been running Feisty for a while and decided to upgrade to Hardy. I used the Update Manager to upgrade from Feisty to Gutsy without problems last night. Tonight I decided to take the next step from Gutsy to Hardy. I again used the Update Manager GUI. But this time things didn't go so well. During the step Setting up locales (2.7.9-4) ... I get the following message: Generating locales... en_AU.UTF-8... And then the installer hangs forever with localedef eating 100% CPU. I'm not the only one. Here are the relevant threads on the forums: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=861384 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=861194 Interestingly enough, both threads were started *tonight* and there are no relevant earlier threads matching localedef, which makes me suspect this was due to a very recent change. As a workaround, sudo killall locale-gen allows the installation to continue, though several packages fail to install due to dependency errors. I also submitted an automated bug report after the failed upgrade (bug 249346). -- Enrico Stronati -- Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249340 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 249340] Re: Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef
On 08/25/2008 11:18 AM, Launchpad Bug Tracker wrote: This bug was fixed in the package linux-source-2.6.22 - 2.6.22-15.58 I can confirm that the fix worked for me. I just updated my last Gutsy machine with the -15 kernel and all went smooth. -- Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249340 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 249340] Re: Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef
No joy for me: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# wget http://people.ubuntu.com/~smb/bug249340/linux-image-2.6.22-15-generic_2.6.22-15.57smb1_i386.deb --17:31:01-- http://people.ubuntu.com/~smb/bug249340/linux-image-2.6.22-15-generic_2.6.22-15.57smb1_i386.deb = `linux-image-2.6.22-15-generic_2.6.22-15.57smb1_i386.deb' Resolving people.ubuntu.com... 91.189.90.132 Connecting to people.ubuntu.com|91.189.90.132|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 18,597,738 (18M) [application/x-debian-package] 100%[==] 18,597,738 144.78K/s ETA 00:00 17:34:21 (90.69 KB/s) - `linux-image-2.6.22-15-generic_2.6.22-15.57smb1_i386.deb' saved [18597738/18597738] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.22-15-generic_2.6.22-15.57smb1_i386.deb Selecting previously deselected package linux-image-2.6.22-15-generic. (Reading database ... 42041 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking linux-image-2.6.22-15-generic (from linux-image-2.6.22-15-generic_2.6.22-15.57smb1_i386.deb) ... Done. dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-2.6.22-15-generic: linux-image-2.6.22-15-generic depends on dpkg (= 1.10.24); however: Package dpkg is not configured yet. linux-image-2.6.22-15-generic depends on initramfs-tools (= 0.36ubuntu6); however: Package initramfs-tools is not configured yet. linux-image-2.6.22-15-generic depends on coreutils | fileutils (= 4.0); however: Package coreutils is not configured yet. Package fileutils is not installed. linux-image-2.6.22-15-generic depends on module-init-tools (= 3.2.1-0ubuntu1); however: Package module-init-tools is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.22-15-generic (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-2.6.22-15-generic @John You can dpkg -i the .deb from http://people.ubuntu.com/~smb/bug249340/ -- Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249340 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. Status in âlangpack-localesâ source package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in âlinuxâ source package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in âlinux-source-2.6.15â source package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Status in âlinux-source-2.6.22â source package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Status in langpack-locales in Ubuntu Dapper: Invalid Status in linux in Ubuntu Dapper: Invalid Status in linux-source-2.6.15 in Ubuntu Dapper: Fix Committed Status in linux-source-2.6.22 in Ubuntu Dapper: Invalid Status in langpack-locales in Ubuntu Gutsy: Invalid Status in linux in Ubuntu Gutsy: Invalid Status in linux-source-2.6.15 in Ubuntu Gutsy: Invalid Status in linux-source-2.6.22 in Ubuntu Gutsy: Fix Committed Bug description: Binary package hint: locales I've been running Feisty for a while and decided to upgrade to Hardy. I used the Update Manager to upgrade from Feisty to Gutsy without problems last night. Tonight I decided to take the next step from Gutsy to Hardy. I again used the Update Manager GUI. But this time things didn't go so well. During the step Setting up locales (2.7.9-4) ... I get the following message: Generating locales... en_AU.UTF-8... And then the installer hangs forever with localedef eating 100% CPU. I'm not the only one. Here are the relevant threads on the forums: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=861384 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=861194 Interestingly enough, both threads were started *tonight* and there are no relevant earlier threads matching localedef, which makes me suspect this was due to a very recent change. As a workaround, sudo killall locale-gen allows the installation to continue, though several packages fail to install due to dependency errors. I also submitted an automated bug report after the failed upgrade (bug 249346). == == John Allen == -- Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249340 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 249340] Re: Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef
After I got blocked, I was able to get around this bug by going to a tty command prompt (ctrl-alt-fn) and running sudo dpkg -r -a then running dpkg --configure -a The configure step appeared to pick up at the failing local installation and the rest of the upgrade continued. You could try that too. It's very low risk and from what I understand of the bug, likely to help. Ian. oedstero wrote: I'm in a rather hozed state, after deciding to start upgrading a -server installation from Feisty - Gutsy - Hardy due to Feisty going EOL in a couple months... Th -- Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249340 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 249340] Re: Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef
I vote to make mark this bug critical, since it is likely that thousands of people will experience it while upgrading from 7.10 - 8.04. importance critical -- Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249340 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 249340] Re: Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef
I updated 4 machines yesterday and had no issues at all by using kernel 14. Let us know how it goes -- Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249340 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 249340] Re: Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef
Worked for me too! Only, now I have to select kernel 14 when I reset the computer. Anyone know how to set the kernel as default?? Thanks! On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Robby Minick [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: I updated 4 machines yesterday and had no issues at all by using kernel 14. Let us know how it goes -- Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249340 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of a duplicate bug. Status in langpack-locales source package in Ubuntu: New Status in linux source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in linux-source-2.6.22 source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: locales I've been running Feisty for a while and decided to upgrade to Hardy. I used the Update Manager to upgrade from Feisty to Gutsy without problems last night. Tonight I decided to take the next step from Gutsy to Hardy. I again used the Update Manager GUI. But this time things didn't go so well. During the step Setting up locales (2.7.9-4) ... I get the following message: Generating locales... en_AU.UTF-8... And then the installer hangs forever with localedef eating 100% CPU. I'm not the only one. Here are the relevant threads on the forums: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=861384 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=861194 Interestingly enough, both threads were started *tonight* and there are no relevant earlier threads matching localedef, which makes me suspect this was due to a very recent change. As a workaround, sudo killall locale-gen allows the installation to continue, though several packages fail to install due to dependency errors. I also submitted an automated bug report after the failed upgrade (bug 249346). -- Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249340 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 249340] Re: Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef
After I got blocked, I was able to get around this bug by going to a tty command prompt (ctrl-alt-fn) and running sudo dpkg -r -a then running dpkg --configure -a The configure step appeared to pick up at the failing local installation and the rest of the upgrade continued. You could try that too. Ian. Big Dave wrote: @ Ishields + Alecz20: Thank you both very much for your helpful and informative replies. I shall run the upgrade from kernel -14, i'll let you know what happens. Fingers crossed. -- Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249340 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 249340] Re: Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef
There was no reason for you to lose any data. You should have backups (irrespective of the OS you use) because something can always go wrong. Something you must consider is to have a separate partition for your data, or at the very least for your home directory (or directories) and put all data there, then when an upgrade comes along you always have the option of a full reinstall without touching your data. If you find too overwhelming all this discussion I suggest you install from scratch using the latest version of Ubuntu. With time you may find that following the workarounds provided is achievable, for the time being you may be better off just putting a DVD and reinstalling to have a clean start. Regards and good luck. On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 1:24 AM, Big Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, as a linux newb, im just confused. Ive only used windows, up until a few months ago. I've only recently had the time/patience to try and upgrade to v8.04. Needless to say, it froze on generating locales. As this is my only pc, and the filesystem was corrupt, i could do nothing except format and re-install 7.03 from disc, then upgrade to 7.10. In total i spent 12 hours achieving absolutely nothing, except losing all my media files. I do want to stick with ubuntu, but im disheartened with it now. Please help a lil newb like me, before i jump off the bridge, and back onto windows. Does that workround permenantly solve the problem of, and install, v8.04? Also, could i just boot kernel 14 and upgrade with the update manager? -- Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249340 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of a duplicate bug. Status in langpack-locales source package in Ubuntu: New Status in linux source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in linux-source-2.6.22 source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: locales I've been running Feisty for a while and decided to upgrade to Hardy. I used the Update Manager to upgrade from Feisty to Gutsy without problems last night. Tonight I decided to take the next step from Gutsy to Hardy. I again used the Update Manager GUI. But this time things didn't go so well. During the step Setting up locales (2.7.9-4) ... I get the following message: Generating locales... en_AU.UTF-8... And then the installer hangs forever with localedef eating 100% CPU. I'm not the only one. Here are the relevant threads on the forums: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=861384 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=861194 Interestingly enough, both threads were started *tonight* and there are no relevant earlier threads matching localedef, which makes me suspect this was due to a very recent change. As a workaround, sudo killall locale-gen allows the installation to continue, though several packages fail to install due to dependency errors. I also submitted an automated bug report after the failed upgrade (bug 249346). -- Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249340 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 249340] Re: Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef
Since Big Dave has already reinstalled, this is small consolation. First thing to know is that the entire file system was likely not corrupted. Second thing to know is that if you boot with a live CD, you can likely look at it, and almost certainly repair it. Third thing to know is that it's worth trying to search the net for a solution, even if you have to go to the local library to do it because your one and only PC is temporarily down. If you happen to have a dual boot Windows/Linux system and GRUB is corrupted so that you don't think you can't get into Windows, there are ways around that too. If you're interested in learning more about Linux, there are lots of resources on the net, including the IBM developerWorks tutorials for LPI certification (http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/lpi/) which cover a lot of useful system administration material and a recent article Lazy Linux: 10 essential tricks for admins (http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-10sysadtips/). These aren't the only resources (by far), I just happen to work for dW and wrote some of the LPI tutorials. Ian Shields jlms wrote: There was no reason for you to lose any data. You should have backups (irrespective of the OS you use) because something can always go wrong. Something you must consider is to have a separate partition for your data, or at the very least for your home directory (or directories) and put all data there, then when an upgrade comes along you always have the option of a full reinstall without touching your data. If you find too overwhelming all this discussion I suggest you install from scratch using the latest version of Ubuntu. With time you may find that following the workarounds provided is achievable, for the time being you may be better off just putting a DVD and reinstalling to have a clean start. Regards and good luck. -- Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249340 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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Here's what I did -- killed the wizard dropped into a shell issueddpkg --configure -a opened another shell issued sudo killall locale-gen every time it locked up on some language thing it finally finished then reboot pick a different kernel when grub starts. dont' pick a recovery one, just roll back a version or two, but whatever you do, don't pick the one that's at fault (which is 15 i think) next -- DO NOT LOG INTO THE GUI hit control alt F2 log in to the console type sudo apt-get dist-upgrade when it finishes, sudo reboot now let autopilot take over should be good to go. -- Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249340 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 249340] Re: Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef
On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 10:39:24AM +0200, Benoit Boissinot wrote: The only related diff between the kernel versions is below, notice how the 'if (unlikely(status))' differs from the upstream patch: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=64649a58919e66ec21792dbb6c48cb3da22cbd7f it doesn't seem to take into account partial writes (status 0). Ok, after the commit_write, they seems identical. But still that's probably the only related patch (if the bug is from the kernel). -- :wq -- Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249340 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 249340] Re: Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef
On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 06:06:53PM -, Leann Ogasawara wrote: Thanks Tonfa, I'll try and get the kernel team to examine the patch you've referenced. I'm also just curious if this issue still manifests itself if you try to upgrade from Hardy to the ucoming Intrepid. I personnaly don't have the ressources to test, but looking at the kernel history, the backported patches is a couple of months older than 2.6.24 (the kernel shipped in hardy). So there shouldn't be any backport screw-up related to mm/filemap.c in it. regards, Benoit -- :wq -- Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249340 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 249340] Re: Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef
NoOP, any idea what happens if you do this between step 1 and 2: Reboot with 2.3.22-14 Kernel I suspect the upgrade will go smoothly, since Martin Pitt said he didn't have any problems with upgrading a fresh gutsy installed (hence not an updated kernel) Unfortunately no as I've already completed the update. I have one other machine to go (this one) and it will probably wait for Intrepid. If I get the chance I'll do a Gutsy install on a test machine later today or tomorrow and see if I can reproduce. -- Gutsy-Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249340 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
