my 11.10 -> 12.04 release upgrade is stuck on "Configuring nfs-common"

[NoOp]

On 05/22/2012 06:48 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> 
>   decided to do a release upgrade on my 64-bit 11.10 system and, with
> "About 12 minutes remaining", the upgrade dialog is stuck at
> "Configuring nfs-common", while the terminal's last line is:
> 
>   gssd stop/pre-start, process 4171
> 
> thoughts?
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Have you tried:
<https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&q=gssd%20stop%2Fpre-start%2C%20process>