So a sudo:ed kill -9 on the process has no effect what so ever... Here is the ps output of the process that causes the problem:
root 8122 99.6 5.2 55264 53852 pts/0 R+ 14:25 45:18 localedef --no-archive --magic=20051014 -i en_AU -c -f UTF-8 en_AU.UTF-8 -- upgrade to 8.04 stalls at terminal,generating locales en au.utf-8... https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/255075 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