[Bug 17079] Synaptic lock up when installing linux-image

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------- Additional Comments From mmacleod at ieee.org  2005-10-06 21:56 UTC -------
It happened again. Applying Changes...Terminal output:

Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 103138 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace linux-headers-2.6.12-9 2.6.12-9.21 (using
.../linux-headers-2.6.12-9_2.6.12-9.22_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement linux-headers-2.6.12-9 ...
Preparing to replace linux-headers-2.6.12-9-686 2.6.12-9.21 (using
.../linux-headers-2.6.12-9-686_2.6.12-9.22_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement linux-headers-2.6.12-9-686 ...
Preparing to replace linux-image-2.6.12-9-686 2.6.12-9.21 (using
.../linux-image-2.6.12-9-686_2.6.12-9.22_i386.deb) ...
The directory /lib/modules/2.6.12-9-686 still exists. Continuing as directed.
Unpacking replacement linux-image-2.6.12-9-686 ...
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub .
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.list file... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst .
Searching for splash image... none found, skipping...
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12-9-686
Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done

Setting up linux-headers-2.6.12-9 (2.6.12-9.22) ...

Setting up linux-headers-2.6.12-9-686 (2.6.12-9.22) ...
Setting up linux-image-2.6.12-9-686 (2.6.12-9.22) ...



and then it just stops. Still saying "...This can take some time. Please wait."
at the top of the window.


The relevant part of ps auxwww:


matt      9117  0.0  0.6  12456  7028 ?        S    16:32   0:00 gksudo
/usr/sbin/synaptic
root      9118  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    16:32   0:00 [sudo] <defunct>
root      9119  3.5  3.6  55712 38104 ?        Ss   16:32   0:43 /usr/sbin/synaptic
root      9167  0.0  0.0   2268   688 ?        S    16:40   0:00 gnome-pty-helper
root      9594  0.0  3.6  55708 38064 pts/0    Ss+  16:49   0:00 /usr/sbin/synaptic
root      9769  0.0  0.4   7624  4756 pts/0    S+   16:50   0:00 /usr/bin/dpkg
--status-fd 6 --configure linux-headers-2.6.12-9 linux-headers-2.6.12-9-686
linux-image-2.6.12-9-686
root      9772  0.0  0.2   5656  2640 pts/0    S+   16:50   0:00 /usr/bin/perl
/var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.12-9-686.postinst configure 2.6.12-9.21
root      9774  0.1  0.1   3936  1544 pts/0    S+   16:50   0:00 /bin/sh
/usr/sbin/mkinitramfs -o /boot/initrd.img-2.6.12-9-686.new /lib/modules/2.6.12-9-686
root     11152  0.0  0.1   3860  1408 pts/0    S+   16:50   0:00 /bin/sh
/usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/evms
root     11193  0.0  0.1   3860  1412 pts/0    S+   16:50   0:00 /bin/sh
/usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/evms
root     11194  0.0  0.1  13316  1560 pts/0    Dl+  16:50   0:00
/usr/sbin/evms_query info
root     11195  0.0  0.0   2936   748 pts/0    S+   16:50   0:00 grep EVMS Version
root     11196  0.0  0.0   1772   480 pts/0    S+   16:50   0:00 awk { print $3; }
matt     11225  2.2  1.2  31068 12988 ?        Sl   16:52   0:00 gnome-terminal
--working-directory=
matt     11226  0.0  0.0   2268   700 ?        S    16:52   0:00 gnome-pty-helper
matt     11227  0.0  0.2   4692  2076 pts/1    Ss   16:52   0:00 bash
matt     11243  0.0  0.1   3864  1044 pts/1    R+   16:53   0:00 ps auxwww


Watching top synaptic uses 0.3% of the CPU every minute or so, but no
significant progress.



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