Please show the relevant section of 'pstree' output on this system when the hang occurs. The problem is almost certainly not in dpkg itself, but somewhere in a subprocess of the maintainer script; since the maintainer script is fairly simple, and no one else is reporting this problem, we'll need to see precisely where it gets stuck to be able to debug this.
** Changed in: acpi-support (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- dpkg fails to install acpi-support 0.137 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/671214 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