The steps taken by jdaviescoates worked partially for me too. I didn't think of choosing a different kernel. As I was upgrading from 7.10 I just used the default 2.6.22.15 kernel.
The only way to stop the machine from hanging while generating those resource files was a CTRL-ALT-DEL and then a hard press on the hardreset button (sounds like Windows 98 doesn't it ;-) ) Next I rebooted into 2.6.22.15 recovery mode from grub. I chose to be dropped into a root shell. There I could launch: dpkg --configure -a and afterwards reboot That got me to the Gnome logon screen. A normal logon from there would hang though because of X not being configured completely apparently. So after another hard reset I succesfully logged into a Gnome Failsafe session (change the session at the logon screen). >From there I had to sudo dpkg --configure -a in a terminal once again which generated those resource files in less than a second. The rest of the pending packages (including X and the latest 2.6.24 kernel) installed smoothly as well. HTH, JSP PS: While in the root recovery shell I experimented with setting the locales package on hold as such: echo locales hold | dpkg --set-selections and auditing the unfinished packages with dpkg -C but that turned out to be unnecessary. -- [hardy] generating locales stalls on 64mb ram https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202959 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