I just want to mention a possible important aspect: This bug is not limited to OS Upgrades!
I tried adding another language via System->Administration->Language Support, and got the exact same issue: hang when generating locales. The "work around" that made my machine able to install stuff was: 1) reboot (the only way to kill locale-gen) 2) sudo rm /usr/bin/localedef (deletes all localization) 3) sudo dpkg --configure -a ("fixes" the package manager so u can install stuff) However, when I tried to re-install "locales" and "belocs-locales-bin" using the synaptic package manager, i got into the same problem; hang when generating locales. I hope this will help to track down the bug, since this is not only an upgrade issue, the simplest steps to reproduce are: 1) Open language Support (System->Administration->Language Support) 2) Select another language 3) Click OK 4) Notice the system hang when generating locales -- 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