I just ran into this same problem. Running drew's steps, including the .14 kernel, fixed it:
His workaround: 1. Reboot. (my machine didn't shutdown clearly and had to be powered off) 2. At grub menu choose kernel 2.6.22-14 (not 2.6.22-15) 3. Once booted run dpkg --configure -a 4. wait (it takes a while) 5. Reboot -- Gutsy->Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249340 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs