apt-get upgrade crashes repeatedly

[Joel Kreager]

Binary package hint: ubuntu-docs

I installed ubuntu 9.04 netbook and decided to run apt-get update and apt-get upgrade. (I was having problems with various hardware - asus eeepc 1005ha). Download of the various packages proceeded without errors, but when they were unpacked the process hung repeatedly. I tried waiting for two or three minutes and then typed <ctrl>c. This unpacked a couple of more packages, and then locked again. Unfortunately, I don't remember the first package. Scrollkeeper created a large number of errors, evidently it did not like the xml it was seeing.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script killed by signal (Interrupt)
Package: ubuntu-docs 9.04.10
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-docs
Tags: ubuntu-unr
Title: package ubuntu-docs 9.04.10 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script killed by signal (Interrupt)
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686

[Dougie Richardson (dougierichardson)]

Thanks for reporting this, from the logs it appears that you hit Ctrl+C while gnome-applets-data was being installed so I'm reassigning it to that package.

You could attempt to install only the troublesome package:

sudo apt-get install gnome-applets-data

To check this package is actually stalling but I suspect it simply needed more time.

[Joel Kreager (joelk222)]

I'll attempt to re-install it. I am fairly certain that it hung, as I looked at it, saw that it stopped, said "ok wait," and walked away for several minutes before hitting <ctrl>c. I need to re-install or upgrade a bunch of gnome libs anyway to solve another problem I seem to be having. When I open OpenOffice and begin typing, it does not advance to the next line, but rather jumps back to the start of the line, and pushes the text along. I am thinking the installed version of OOfice must be linked to different versions of the gnome or gtk libs than are actually installed.
I am not sure my apt-get install actually installed anything, though it did try to pull in a lot of gnome libs.

Thanks for getting back to me.

--- On Thu, 7/9/09, Dougie Richardson <email address hidden> wrote:

> From: Dougie Richardson <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 397670] Re: apt-get upgrade crashes repeatedly
> To: <email address hidden>
> Date: Thursday, July 9, 2009, 11:44 PM
> Thanks for reporting this, from the
> logs it appears that you hit Ctrl+C
> while gnome-applets-data was being installed so I'm
> reassigning it to
> that package.
>
> You could attempt to install only the troublesome package:
>
> sudo apt-get install gnome-applets-data
>
> To check this package is actually stalling but I suspect it
> simply
> needed more time.
>
> ** Package changed: ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu) =>
> gnome-applets (Ubuntu)
>
> --
> apt-get upgrade crashes repeatedly
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397670
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct
> subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “gnome-applets” package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: ubuntu-docs
>
> I installed ubuntu 9.04 netbook and decided to run apt-get
> update and apt-get upgrade.  (I was having problems
> with various hardware - asus eeepc 1005ha).  Download
> of the various packages proceeded without errors, but when
> they were unpacked the process hung repeatedly.  I
> tried waiting for two or three minutes and then typed
> <ctrl>c.  This unpacked a couple of more
> packages, and then locked again.  Unfortunately, I
> don't remember the first package.  Scrollkeeper created
> a large number of errors, evidently it did not like the xml
> it was seeing.
>
> ProblemType: Package
> Architecture: i386
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
> ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script killed by
> signal (Interrupt)
> Package: ubuntu-docs 9.04.10
> PackageArchitecture: all
> SourcePackage: ubuntu-docs
> Tags:  ubuntu-unr
> Title: package ubuntu-docs 9.04.10 failed to
> install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script killed
> by signal (Interrupt)
> Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686
>

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Do you get the same with Lucid or Maverick? Thanks in advance.

[Joel Kreager (joelk222)]

This was a problem only with my first install of 9.04 on my netbook. Subsequently, I managed to get that version patched up to a workable form, (I forget exactly how). 9.10 and 10.04 installed and ran without any substantial problems. I only experienced this with netbook remix, not with the generic i386 install on my desktop. I would close the bug -- I don't see how to do this myself.

[Gary M (garym)]

Setting status to "Invalid", based on reporter's last comment.