upgrading to 12.04.1 stalled...more info

[Gene Heskett]

On Thursday 18 October 2012 18:17:02 Udvarias Ur did opine:

> Folks,
> 
> Using *ps* I found the process I believe to be *Update Manger*.
> 
> I ran *ps -F e 2639* and got the output below.
> 
> UID        PID  PPID  C    SZ   RSS PSR STIME TTY      STAT   TIME CMD
> root      2639  2638  1 60192 37808   0 Oct17 ?        Sl    14:26
> /usr/bin/python /tmp/update-manager-9F02w8/precise
> 
> So it seems that the upgrade process has not stopped or aborted but is
> merely in a state of
> 
>     S    interruptible sleep (waiting for an event to complete)
>     l    is multi-threaded (using CLONE_THREAD, like NPTL pthreads do)
> 
> How can I reset it? i.e. back to
> 
>     R    running or runnable (on run queue)

In that event, there should be an update-manager tab showing in the bottom 
bar.  It could be hidden behind another screen.  Clicking on that tab 
should bring it fwd so you can see what it is waiting on, perhaps your user 
password so it can do a sudo?


Cheers, Gene
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