On an busy lxc server 2.6.38-8-server amd64, I had elevator=cfq in the cmdline, no dpkg was running, yet it got stuck with the same symptoms (see the attached screenshot).
It is notable that the error happened across all dm- devices. I ran the following command, let's see whether that would help: for tt in /sys/fs/ext4/*/max_writeback_mb_bump; { echo 4 > $tt; } ** Attachment added: "IMG_3476.JPG" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/624877/+attachment/2200348/+files/IMG_3476.JPG -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/624877 Title: INFO: task dpkg:23317 blocked for more than 120 seconds. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/624877/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs