This happened to me yesterday on a 16.04 desktop system using update-
manager. Apparently failed during setup of package unattended-upgrades.
Below is apt/history.log, apt/term.log, ps and debconf version taken
while the GUI has been hanging (greyed out and unresponsive) for ~15
hours. GUI screenshot as shown in attachment.
$ tail -4 /var/log/apt/history.log
Start-Date: 2017-05-20 21:12:22
Commandline: aptdaemon role='role-commit-packages' sender=':1.438'
Upgrade: iproute:amd64 (1:4.3.0-1ubuntu3, 1:4.3.0-1ubuntu3.16.04.1),
iproute2:amd64 (4.3.0-1ubuntu3, 4.3.0-1ubuntu3.16.04.1),
unattended-upgrades:amd64 (0.90ubuntu0.5, 0.90ubuntu0.6), libjasper1:amd64
(1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1, 1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.1)
End-Date: 2017-05-20 21:12:29
$ tail -23 /var/log/apt/term.log
Log started: 2017-05-20 21:12:22
(Reading database ... 359114 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../iproute2_4.3.0-1ubuntu3.16.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking iproute2 (4.3.0-1ubuntu3.16.04.1) over (4.3.0-1ubuntu3) ...
Preparing to unpack .../iproute_1%3a4.3.0-1ubuntu3.16.04.1_all.deb ...
Unpacking iproute (1:4.3.0-1ubuntu3.16.04.1) over (1:4.3.0-1ubuntu3) ...
Preparing to unpack .../libjasper1_1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libjasper1:amd64 (1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.1) over
(1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../unattended-upgrades_0.90ubuntu0.6_all.deb ...
Unpacking unattended-upgrades (0.90ubuntu0.6) over (0.90ubuntu0.5) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu7) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu17) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
Setting up iproute2 (4.3.0-1ubuntu3.16.04.1) ...
Setting up iproute (1:4.3.0-1ubuntu3.16.04.1) ...
Setting up libjasper1:amd64 (1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.1) ...
Setting up unattended-upgrades (0.90ubuntu0.6) ...
Use of uninitialized value $_[1] in join or string at
/usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Stack.pm line 111, <GEN0> line 12.
Use of uninitialized value $val in substitution (s///) at
/usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Format/822.pm line 83, <GEN7> line 11.
Use of uninitialized value $val in concatenation (.) or string at
/usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Format/822.pm line 84, <GEN7> line 11.
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu7) ...
Log ended: 2017-05-20 21:12:29
$ ps aux |grep update
miki 5027 0.0 1.2 730908 95960 ? Sl May20 0:20
/usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/update-manager
miki 10100 0.0 0.2 591036 22164 ? Sl May20 0:01 update-notifier
$ dpkg -l|grep debconf |head -1
ii debconf 1.5.58ubuntu1
all Debian configuration management
system
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
Release: 16.04
Codename: xenial
** Attachment added: "Hanging GUI of update-manager"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php7.0/+bug/1646739/+attachment/4880641/+files/Screenshot%20from%202017-05-21%2011-40-19.png
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Title:
"Use of uninitialized value" in debconf via update-manager
Status in debconf package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in php7.0 package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in samba package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
During a software upgrade, process was stuck on php7.0-xml
configuration for 20 minutes, after that I killed the process. I am
not sure what additional info are required, will be happy to provide
any.
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: php7.0-xml 7.0.13-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-49.70-generic 4.4.30
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-49-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Dec 2 09:52:06 2016
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error
exit status 128
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-03-11 (265 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64
(20151021)
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
apt 1.2.15
SourcePackage: php7.0
Title: package php7.0-xml 7.0.13-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade:
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-05-07 (209 days ago)
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