[08:13] Morning. [09:09] Morning [12:05] Morning peoples, dogs, turkeys and everything else [12:11] good morning to you all [13:08] morning [16:20] Good bacon to all! [17:11] Hey Guys, I have software update running and it says: "Installing Updates" "Running post-installation trigger dpkg-exec" Details --> 95% completed and has been stuck there for hours/days now. What to do about this ? [17:48] Not sure, man [17:48] I have no clue [17:48] This is unfortunately, a Windows Shop :( [17:48] I'm running Ubuntu in aVM and I'll see if I can replicate [17:49] I doubt it. Something's gone wrong. Just want to know what to do the make recovery least difficult. [17:56] InHisName: Can you expand the dialog to see a command prompt waiting for input? [17:56] I see those sometimes when I update a package that is complaining about a customization I did. [17:56] The "Details" shows only a progress bar. No command line to type input. [17:57] Title is "Software Updater" [17:57] I would kill the process tree and then run apt to fix the database [17:57] and then you can try the update again [17:57] Can it do a nice recovery from a FIRM power down and then a restart ? [17:58] It isn't Windows. Fix your file system before you shut down. :-) [17:58] True, its Ubuntu [17:59] What to fix ? [17:59] The package database. The next time you run apt after killing the update it will tell you to run a command to repair the database [17:59] Then it will check your packages, run the triggers that were not run before, and help you add/remove packages so it isn't borked anymore. [18:00] I would do this right after rebooting ? [18:00] You don't need to reboot [18:00] Do it now, without rebooting [18:00] What commands to run ? [18:01] use killall to take down the process tree [18:01] Do now ? with this panel still open? There is NO "X" button and "cancel" is grey. [18:01] Then run apt. I don't know if you need a command to get it to tell you to fix stuff. [18:01] Do it from a command line [18:02] I need to eat lunch. bbiab [18:03] Could not get a lock, Is another process using it ? [18:04] Seems that this stuck panel is blocking usage of apt-get system. [19:06] so kill it [19:25] InHisName: did you fix it? [21:43] One of these days I need to learn to use busybox to recover after screwing up my fstab [22:26] Alternatively, you could stop screwing up your fstab. :) [22:32] That too. I should use mount options that actually exist. [22:32] Seems to me that you just got burned, ChinnoDog === jthan_ is now known as jthan [22:33] jthan-- [22:33] PennBot is a lie.