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System freeze help
I have been running Xubuntu 14.04 for several weeks without a problem. Last night I did a dist-upgrade and my keyboard and mouse froze, and the cap lock key started flashing. I did a cold reboot and tried apt-get dist-upgrade again...I received the message that I needed to run sudo dpkg --configure -a.
I have tried running that command and also sudo dpkg --force -all --configure -a, but each time I do, the system freezes at this:
Setting up libc6:amd64 (2.18-0ubuntu5)...
Then the system needs to be rebooted.
If I don't try to fix the problem, the system works OK, but, obviously, I can't leave it like this. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
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I get a kernel panic at the same upgrade and the system freezes as well.
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and I have the exact same problem
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Same thing with Kubuntu. Flashing keyboard lights and system freeze.
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Hmmm. Fixed since?
No problems here on Kubuntu. Updating Ubuntu right now.
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Same problem here on Kubuntu/Ubuntu (tried now). Maybe it's because of trusty-proposed updates enabled?
@QIII: do you have trusty-proposed updates enabled? And did you try "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade"?
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No proposed, and yes dist-upgrade.
Edit: Ubuntu worked fine, too. Might just be something in trusty-proposed.
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Yes, it seems problem with proposed updates. I've disabled and update wanted to repair. But if anyone try DON'T DO IT or you will destroy your system. It have problem with dependiences, and wants to remove about 989 packets (with apt and many importatnt other). So i don't have solution for now, only waiting for repair in proposed updates. Surely downgrade of some packets would help, but i don't know which and how. Unpleasant situation.
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I am the OP. Thanks to Kootee for identifying the problem. I unchecked "proposed" and then ran
"sudo apt-get update" and then
"sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" and then
"sudo apt-get -f install" and the problem is fixed.
It did not remove packages...it did install 3 new ones.
Thanks Kootee!
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Just a note to those that don't post here, or read this sub-forum regularly, proposed is now used to store packages while waiting for dependencies to build. It is not advised to have proposed enabled, unless you really know what you are doing.