Problem updating to 8.04

[RolandFlagg]

OK, so I was updating to the 8.04 version of ubuntu, but every time the updater gets to the lines

Setting up locales (2.7.9-4) ...
Generating locales...
en_AU.UTF-8...

the whole thing becomes stuck. Wonder if anyone could give me some solutions to this.

Thanks!

OK, since it froze for a while, i decided to terminate the process and "reupdate" the whole thing. however, when i try that, it says "E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.", which I do
and what do you know... same thing happens, gets stuck at

Setting up locales (2.7.9-4) ...
Generating locales...
en_AU.UTF-8...

then I check the system info, apparently I'm already in 8.04, but I never restarted my computer, nor does it look any different

[RolandFlagg]

bump

[Elfy]

Don't bump so quickly.

Open aterminal and run

sudo dpkg --configure -a

[RolandFlagg]

Open aterminal and run

sudo dpkg --configure -a

I did do that, but it still gets stuck at the same place

[RolandFlagg]

I (foolishly) decided to see what would happen if i restarted the computer, well now there's nothing on the desktop, just a wallpaper. Now I'm posting this in windows... seems like i have bigger problems now, how do i get back into a workable ubuntu gui, or is it now hopeless and I'd have to reinstall ubuntu?

[RolandFlagg]

uh... help? someone? anyone?

[wobbiebobbie]

I just do a fresh install and start over when upgrading ( Backup everything and do a fresh install) I run into that kind of problem when upgrading

[ReelExterminator]

I've got the same problem on one of my computers. If you press alt-f2, you can still get to a console even if the graphical desktop isn't working. So far, running 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' results in it getting stuck at the same place (de_AT.UTF-8 is the first one, and the one it gets stuck at, for me).

[RolandFlagg]

and im guessing that you dont know the solution either?
hm.. maybe i will just reinstall ubuntu but get the 8.04 live cd and install it directly
any other help is greatly appreciated

[chandra53]

Same problem here! <inserts disclaimer about lack of experience>
I was in the middle of upgrading from 6.10 -> 7.04 -> 7.10 -> 8.04 (following along this post: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=848852), but now I'm stuck.

I eventually rebooted the machine and tried to "sudo dpkg --configure -a" only to end up back where I started. While in that state I opened up another ssh connection to see what was going on. top reported that the 'localedef' process took over the CPU. huh...

PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
5622 root 25 0 54972 52m 820 R 99.0 21.1 1:30.73 localedef

Despite running top as root I couldn't kill the process (?!), so I did a reboot. After this second reboot I ran "sudo apt-get update" again, just to see if anything changed. apt-get replied with the following:

Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security Release.gpg
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release.gpg
[...]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Sources
Reading package lists... Done

Noting the lack of complaints about dpkg being interrupted, I ran "sudo apt-get upgrade", and got back into the same loop again.

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
197 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Setting up libx11-data (2:1.1.3-1ubuntu2) ...
Setting up libx11-6 (2:1.1.3-1ubuntu2) ...

Setting up libxpm4 (1:3.5.7-1) ...

Setting up locales (2.7.9-4) ...
Generating locales...
en_US.UTF-8...

When I run "lsb_release -a" I get back:

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release: 8.04
Codename: hardy

I'd really prefer not to have to reinstall, but don't know how to fix things...