Happenned to me on upgrade from 13.10 to 14.04 for a VM.
[8897390.288099] INFO: task setfont:19329 blocked for more than 120 seconds. [8897390.288100] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. [8897390.288105] setfont D ffff88003fc14580 0 19329 19324 0x00000000 [8897390.288109] ffff880020153860 0000000000000046 ffff880020153fd8 0000000000014580 [8897390.288111] ffff880020153fd8 0000000000014580 ffff880036ea0000 ffff88003ce60fc0 [8897390.288113] ffffc9000024100c ffff88003ce60fe0 ffff8800201538e8 0000000000000282 [8897390.288114] Call Trace: [8897390.288125] [<ffffffff816ee2b9>] schedule+0x29/0x70 [8897390.288141] [<ffffffffa01b7fa5>] qxl_ring_push+0x225/0x260 [qxl] [8897390.288145] [<ffffffff810856a0>] ? wake_up_atomic_t+0x30/0x30 [8897390.288150] [<ffffffffa01b803b>] qxl_push_command_ring_release+0x5b/0x70 [qxl] [8897390.288154] [<ffffffffa01b9818>] qxl_draw_opaque_fb+0x288/0x390 [qxl] [8897390.288158] [<ffffffffa01b598e>] qxl_fb_imageblit_internal+0x3e/0x40 [qxl] [8897390.288161] [<ffffffff816f0b88>] ? async_page_fault+0x28/0x30 [8897390.288166] [<ffffffff813c9b91>] ? get_color.isra.19+0x31/0x140 [8897390.288169] [<ffffffffa01b5e92>] qxl_fb_imageblit+0x72/0x1a0 [qxl] [8897390.288172] [<ffffffff813cfb9f>] bit_putcs+0x2ef/0x550 [8897390.288174] [<ffffffff816f0b88>] ? async_page_fault+0x28/0x30 [8897390.288176] [<ffffffff813c9b91>] ? get_color.isra.19+0x31/0x140 [8897390.288179] [<ffffffff813cac0a>] fbcon_putcs+0x12a/0x170 [8897390.288181] [<ffffffff813cf8b0>] ? bit_cursor+0x650/0x650 [8897390.288186] [<ffffffff814458be>] do_update_region+0xfe/0x170 [8897390.288188] [<ffffffff81447a98>] redraw_screen+0x1d8/0x260 [8897390.288191] [<ffffffff813cce21>] fbcon_do_set_font+0x241/0x3d0 [8897390.288193] [<ffffffff813cd283>] fbcon_set_font+0x203/0x270 [8897390.288196] [<ffffffff8144c0c7>] con_font_op+0x3f7/0x4a0 [8897390.288198] [<ffffffff812dd7f8>] ? security_capable+0x18/0x20 [8897390.288202] [<ffffffff8143eb7c>] vt_ioctl+0x73c/0x1160 [8897390.288204] [<ffffffff8143312d>] tty_ioctl+0x26d/0xb90 [8897390.288207] [<ffffffff8116f5d5>] ? do_mmap_pgoff+0x305/0x3c0 [8897390.288209] [<ffffffff811ba005>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x2e5/0x4d0 [8897390.288211] [<ffffffff811ba271>] SyS_ioctl+0x81/0xa0 [8897390.288215] [<ffffffff816f8f1d>] system_call_fastpath+0x1a/0x1f Upon retry 20527 pts/1 Ss+ 3:35 \_ /usr/bin/python /tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-milvw4/trusty --mode=server --frontend=DistUpgradeViewText 5818 pts/1 S+ 0:00 \_ /usr/bin/dpkg --configure -a 5819 pts/1 S+ 0:00 \_ /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/keyboard-configuration.postinst configure 1.70ubuntu7 6057 pts/1 S+ 0:00 \_ /bin/sh /var/lib/dpkg/info/keyboard-configuration.postinst configure 1.70ubuntu7 6068 pts/1 D+ 0:00 \_ /bin/sh /bin/setupcon --force --save -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to console-setup in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1245663 Title: package keyboard-configuration 1.70ubuntu7 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script was killed by signal (Terminated) Status in “console-setup” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: During upgrade dpkg hung on keyboard configuration. FWIW, I was running do-release-upgrade inside screen over ssh. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: keyboard-configuration 1.70ubuntu7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-42.65-generic 3.5.7.21 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-42-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.5 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Oct 28 15:10:31 2013 DuplicateSignature: package:keyboard-configuration:1.70ubuntu7:ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script was killed by signal (Terminated) ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script was killed by signal (Terminated) InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-21 (160 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130213) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: console-setup Title: package keyboard-configuration 1.70ubuntu7 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script was killed by signal (Terminated) UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-10-28 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/console-setup/+bug/1245663/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
