I just reinstalled on my laptop and did a CLI update and upgrade only to have the upgrade stall and completely freeze the laptop. had to power off to reboot. It stalled at package 6 which was GNOME-APPLETS-DATA.

After the reboot, I did the CLI update again then installed the offending package with no problems. I started a CLI upgrade and it stalled again but at pkg 7 which is LIBGL1-MESA-DRI 7.4-0UBUNTU3.1 stalled at 21% downloaded.

Is there something wrong with the repositories? The network is steady. My kids have been playing internet games all evening and I've used the laptop with the new Ubuntu studio install to surf and download a whole bunch of tar files to install after I finish upgrading.

Any thoughts ao ideas? I'm running an HP Pavilion Entertainment PC DV6000 with dual core turion procs and 2 gig mem & Nvidia. It was running the previous version of ubuntu just fine with nary a problem.

I installed 9.04 I386

CLI apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

gets stuck solid at pkg 6 with no error messages, nothing except a frozen laptop

rebooted
CLI apt-get update
apt-get install gnome-applets-data

it installed fine

CLI apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

gets stuck solid at pkg 7 with no error messages, nothing except a frozen laptop

rebooted, went to bed pissed off.

I'll be trying 64 bit later today and if it does the same I'm outta here.

I posted this almost exactly on the Ubuntu Forums, hope I can get more help from here.

Thanks
Nick

Don't know, maybe your previous install was customized in a way that an upgrade does not know how to handle. 9.04 provides a new mechanism to deal with such issues (janitor) but I don't think there is any such thing for previous releases. A clean install is still the best approach if you don't like to sort things out on your own.

It was a clean install from a verified DVD.

DVD? I didn't know there were dvd installers. Maybe you should try the official media?

It was the alternate build... @ 1.1 gig it's a dvd

It's a moot point now as I've installed Debian 5 successfully and am sticking with it.

Never did like Ubuntu...never did performed never was complete.

Great you found a replacement. But no, the official alternate is a 700MB cd. Quite possibly, that dvd is a poor rebuild.
As for not being complete, I don't know what that is supposed to mean. Ubuntu actually has even more software available.

Edit: OK, I just realize you were talking about Ubuntu studio. Small wonder it is a 1.1GB dvd and that it is not complete. Although it is based on Ubuntu, Studio is something completely different. It is supposed to be incomplete.

Ah, like windoze?