*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 134858 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/134858
Simply doing `apt-get install kcontrol` and then `apt-get remove kcontrol` will cause the problem, anywhere between 10%-40% of the time. for i in `seq 1 50` ; do apt-get -y -qq install kcontrol ; echo "install $i OK"; apt-get -y -qq remove kcontrol; echo "remove $i OK"; done As others have mentioned, there's no immediately obvious pattern to which iteration will hang. -- apt-get blocks on /dev/ptmx a lot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/148806 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs