Comment 91 for bug 249340

Worked for me too! Only, now I have to select kernel 14 when I reset the
computer. Anyone know how to set the kernel as default?? Thanks!

On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Robby Minick <email address hidden>wrote:

> I updated 4 machines yesterday and had no issues at all by using
> kernel 14.
>
> Let us know how it goes....
>
> --
> Gutsy->Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249340
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug.
>
> Status in "langpack-locales" source package in Ubuntu: New
> Status in "linux" source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
> Status in "linux-source-2.6.22" source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: locales
>
> I've been running Feisty for a while and decided to upgrade to Hardy. I
> used the Update Manager to upgrade from Feisty to Gutsy without problems
> last night. Tonight I decided to take the next step from Gutsy to Hardy. I
> again used the Update Manager GUI. But this time things didn't go so well.
>
> During the step "Setting up locales (2.7.9-4) ..." I get the following
> message:
>
> Generating locales...
> en_AU.UTF-8...
>
> And then the installer hangs forever with localedef eating 100% CPU.
>
> I'm not the only one. Here are the relevant threads on the forums:
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=861384
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=861194
>
> Interestingly enough, both threads were started *tonight* and there are no
> relevant earlier threads matching "localedef", which makes me suspect this
> was due to a very recent change.
>
> As a workaround, "sudo killall locale-gen" allows the installation to
> continue, though several packages fail to install due to dependency errors.
>
> I also submitted an automated bug report after the failed upgrade (bug
> 249346).
>
>