Strange Experience Updating Ubuntu MATE
by frankbell from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5Q2GW)
I just had a very strange experience updating Ubuntu MATE v. 20.04 LTS on a Zareason Media Box (sadly, Zareason is no longer with us).
I ran my usual commands to update the system:
Code:apt update && apt upgrade At the point where it was unpacking the new kernel headers (version 5.4.0-88-generic x86-64), the display in the terminal hung. After about 20 minutes, I did a CTRL-c, then I reran the update commands. They came up clean with nothing to update.
I tried running a --fix-broken and it returned nothing, so I started synaptic from the command line and tried a "Fix Broken Packages" from the Edit menu item. It returned nothing.
Then I ran
Code:apt autoremove && apt autocleanand followed the prompts to remove and clean.
Then I rebooted, holding my breath all the while, and everything is working fine. Indeed, I'm listening to Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in an episode of the old Sherlock Holmes radio show as I write this.
It appears that the display in the terminal hung, but the update process continued.
I'm extremely gratified and relieved that I don't have to rebuild this box (at least, not tonight), but I wonder whether anyone else has encountered something like this.
I ran my usual commands to update the system:
Code:apt update && apt upgrade At the point where it was unpacking the new kernel headers (version 5.4.0-88-generic x86-64), the display in the terminal hung. After about 20 minutes, I did a CTRL-c, then I reran the update commands. They came up clean with nothing to update.
I tried running a --fix-broken and it returned nothing, so I started synaptic from the command line and tried a "Fix Broken Packages" from the Edit menu item. It returned nothing.
Then I ran
Code:apt autoremove && apt autocleanand followed the prompts to remove and clean.
Then I rebooted, holding my breath all the while, and everything is working fine. Indeed, I'm listening to Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in an episode of the old Sherlock Holmes radio show as I write this.
It appears that the display in the terminal hung, but the update process continued.
I'm extremely gratified and relieved that I don't have to rebuild this box (at least, not tonight), but I wonder whether anyone else has encountered something like this.