Activity log for bug #249340

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2008-07-17 07:23:57 Nathaniel Gray bug added bug
2008-07-17 07:28:06 Nathaniel Gray description Binary package hint: locales I've been running Feisty for a while and decided to upgrade to Hardy. I used the Update Manager to upgrade from Feisty to Gutsy without problems last night. Tonight I decided to take the next step from Gutsy to Hardy. I again used the Update Manager GUI. But this time things didn't go so well. During the step "Setting up locales (2.7.9-4) ..." I get the following message: Generating locales... en_AU.UTF-8... And then the installer hangs forever with localedef eating 100% CPU. I'm not the only one. Here are the relevant threads on the forums: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=861384 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=861194 Interestingly enough, both threads were started *tonight* and there are no relevant earlier threads matching "localedef", which makes me suspect this was due to a very recent change. Binary package hint: locales I've been running Feisty for a while and decided to upgrade to Hardy. I used the Update Manager to upgrade from Feisty to Gutsy without problems last night. Tonight I decided to take the next step from Gutsy to Hardy. I again used the Update Manager GUI. But this time things didn't go so well. During the step "Setting up locales (2.7.9-4) ..." I get the following message: Generating locales... en_AU.UTF-8... And then the installer hangs forever with localedef eating 100% CPU. I'm not the only one. Here are the relevant threads on the forums: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=861384 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=861194 Interestingly enough, both threads were started *tonight* and there are no relevant earlier threads matching "localedef", which makes me suspect this was due to a very recent change. As a workaround, "sudo killall locale-gen" allows the installation to continue, though several packages fail to install due to dependency errors.
2008-07-17 07:44:56 Nathaniel Gray description Binary package hint: locales I've been running Feisty for a while and decided to upgrade to Hardy. I used the Update Manager to upgrade from Feisty to Gutsy without problems last night. Tonight I decided to take the next step from Gutsy to Hardy. I again used the Update Manager GUI. But this time things didn't go so well. During the step "Setting up locales (2.7.9-4) ..." I get the following message: Generating locales... en_AU.UTF-8... And then the installer hangs forever with localedef eating 100% CPU. I'm not the only one. Here are the relevant threads on the forums: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=861384 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=861194 Interestingly enough, both threads were started *tonight* and there are no relevant earlier threads matching "localedef", which makes me suspect this was due to a very recent change. As a workaround, "sudo killall locale-gen" allows the installation to continue, though several packages fail to install due to dependency errors. Binary package hint: locales I've been running Feisty for a while and decided to upgrade to Hardy. I used the Update Manager to upgrade from Feisty to Gutsy without problems last night. Tonight I decided to take the next step from Gutsy to Hardy. I again used the Update Manager GUI. But this time things didn't go so well. During the step "Setting up locales (2.7.9-4) ..." I get the following message: Generating locales... en_AU.UTF-8... And then the installer hangs forever with localedef eating 100% CPU. I'm not the only one. Here are the relevant threads on the forums: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=861384 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=861194 Interestingly enough, both threads were started *tonight* and there are no relevant earlier threads matching "localedef", which makes me suspect this was due to a very recent change. As a workaround, "sudo killall locale-gen" allows the installation to continue, though several packages fail to install due to dependency errors. I also submitted an automated bug report after the failed upgrade (bug 249346).
2008-07-17 12:21:02 Peter Matulis langpack-locales: status New Confirmed
2008-07-19 07:00:32 Connor Imes langpack-locales: importance Undecided High
2008-07-19 16:16:09 Connor Imes langpack-locales: status Confirmed Triaged
2008-07-29 03:56:40 Fabián Rodríguez bug added subscriber Canonical Ubuntu QA Team
2008-07-29 03:56:51 Fabián Rodríguez bug added subscriber Canonical Support
2008-08-05 17:02:21 Martin Pitt langpack-locales: status Triaged Incomplete
2008-08-05 17:02:21 Martin Pitt langpack-locales: statusexplanation Marking bug #249346 as a duplicate of this one and upgrading status to Triaged. Thank you for following through with these reports. I tried very hard to reproduce this. I did test gutsy->hardy upgrades with the following five methods: * gutsy chroot, partial upgrade to hardy's locales, libc6, and belocs-locales-bin * gutsy installation, partial upgrade * gutsy installation, full apt-get dist-upgrade * gutsy installation, full update-manager dist-upgrade, with 1 GB RAM and 256 MB RAM None of those reproduced the bug. So I'm afraid this is a race condition, or dependent on some other factors than configured locales, RAM size, etc.
2008-08-08 10:13:28 tonfa langpack-locales: status Incomplete Confirmed
2008-08-08 17:58:33 Leann Ogasawara bug assigned to linux (Ubuntu)
2008-08-08 18:06:53 Leann Ogasawara linux: status New Incomplete
2008-08-08 18:06:53 Leann Ogasawara linux: statusexplanation Thanks Tonfa, I'll try and get the kernel team to examine the patch you've referenced. I'm also just curious if this issue still manifests itself if you try to upgrade from Hardy to the ucoming Intrepid. But please note that testing upgrading to Intrepid is completely at your own comfort level though and not mandatory for you to do. As noted in our Alpha release announcements "Pre-releases of Intrepid are *not* encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent breakage. They are, however, recommended for Ubuntu developers and those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing bugs." I'm just curious if this will also affecct the upcoming release. Let us know if you feel comfortable to test and what the results are if you do. Thanks.
2008-08-08 18:07:15 Leann Ogasawara linux-source-2.6.22: assignee ubuntu-kernel-team
2008-08-08 18:07:15 Leann Ogasawara linux-source-2.6.22: statusexplanation I hope this is the right way to do it, change to confirmed + change package
2008-08-13 16:56:26 Stefan Bader linux-source-2.6.22: assignee ubuntu-kernel-team stefan-bader-canonical
2008-08-13 23:34:29 Stefan Bader linux-source-2.6.22: status Confirmed In Progress
2008-08-15 00:02:40 Stefan Bader langpack-locales: status New Invalid
2008-08-15 15:06:12 Leann Ogasawara bug assigned to linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu)
2008-08-15 15:07:41 Leann Ogasawara langpack-locales: status New Invalid
2008-08-15 15:07:41 Leann Ogasawara langpack-locales: statusexplanation
2008-08-15 15:07:59 Leann Ogasawara langpack-locales: status New Invalid
2008-08-15 15:07:59 Leann Ogasawara langpack-locales: statusexplanation
2008-08-15 15:08:23 Leann Ogasawara linux-source-2.6.15: status New Invalid
2008-08-15 15:08:23 Leann Ogasawara linux-source-2.6.15: statusexplanation
2008-08-15 15:08:43 Leann Ogasawara linux-source-2.6.22: status New Invalid
2008-08-15 15:08:43 Leann Ogasawara linux-source-2.6.22: statusexplanation
2008-08-15 15:09:07 Leann Ogasawara linux: status New Invalid
2008-08-15 15:09:07 Leann Ogasawara linux: statusexplanation
2008-08-15 15:09:26 Leann Ogasawara linux: status New Invalid
2008-08-15 15:09:26 Leann Ogasawara linux: statusexplanation
2008-08-15 15:11:57 Stefan Bader linux: status Incomplete Invalid
2008-08-15 15:49:13 Stefan Bader linux-source-2.6.22: status In Progress Fix Committed
2008-08-15 15:50:35 Stefan Bader linux-source-2.6.22: status New Fix Committed
2008-08-15 15:50:35 Stefan Bader linux-source-2.6.22: importance Undecided High
2008-08-15 15:52:11 Stefan Bader linux-source-2.6.15: status New Fix Committed
2008-08-15 15:52:11 Stefan Bader linux-source-2.6.15: importance Undecided High
2008-08-15 15:52:11 Stefan Bader linux-source-2.6.15: assignee stefan-bader-canonical
2008-08-15 15:52:53 Stefan Bader linux-source-2.6.15: status New Fix Committed
2008-08-15 15:52:53 Stefan Bader linux-source-2.6.15: importance Undecided High
2008-08-23 20:52:40 Otto Kekäläinen linux-source-2.6.15: status Invalid Confirmed
2008-08-23 20:52:40 Otto Kekäläinen linux-source-2.6.15: statusexplanation I've seen this on several Gutsies, so this bug definately affects Gutsy and is confirmed.
2008-08-24 01:42:34 Stefan Bader linux-source-2.6.15: status Confirmed Invalid
2008-08-24 01:42:34 Stefan Bader linux-source-2.6.15: statusexplanation I've seen this on several Gutsies, so this bug definately affects Gutsy and is confirmed. Sorry, I know this is a bit confusing but the invalid for Gutsy was unter the heading od 2.6.15 (which is Dapper). It is commited for 2.6.22 (which is Gutsy).
2008-08-25 18:03:21 Launchpad Janitor linux-source-2.6.15: status Fix Committed Fix Released
2008-08-25 18:18:15 Launchpad Janitor linux-source-2.6.22: status Fix Committed Fix Released
2008-08-25 19:54:14 Kees Cook linux-source-2.6.15: status Fix Committed Fix Released
2008-08-25 19:54:14 Kees Cook linux-source-2.6.15: statusexplanation Fix commited as 88649b1a7909fe67af95a5374ddb94d06088d4b5 UBUNTU: mm: Fix zero length segment loop to dapper tree.
2008-08-25 19:54:33 Kees Cook linux-source-2.6.22: status Fix Committed Fix Released
2008-08-25 19:54:33 Kees Cook linux-source-2.6.22: statusexplanation Commited fix as 3e6751ac6696b26d94a005be2f5854b9620e44b4 UBUNTU: mm: Fix zero length segment loop to gutsy tree.
2008-09-05 18:49:10 Michael Vogt displayname Bug #249340 Bug #249340 (locales-hang)
2008-09-05 18:49:10 Michael Vogt name locales-hang
2008-09-16 13:15:52 Dave Walker bug added attachment 'localdef.txt' (localdef.txt)
2008-12-12 16:36:51 barry who_made_private kay-lawrence
2008-12-12 17:29:57 Chris Coulson who_made_private kay-lawrence
2009-07-21 04:01:24 Launchpad Janitor branch linked lp:~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/dapper/linux-source-2.6.15/dapper-security
2009-07-21 04:04:31 Launchpad Janitor branch linked lp:ubuntu/dapper-updates/linux-source-2.6.15
2009-08-15 18:21:06 Launchpad Janitor branch linked lp:ubuntu/gutsy-security/linux-source-2.6.22
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