I experienced system hangs up even no response on mouse/keyboard on a machine which exported 64 cores in /proc/cpuinfo.
>From iotop, it shows 35 process are using 90% IO during nvidia driver installation: http://paste.ubuntu.com/24471401/ Not sure if this is same as what I encountered, and kernel parameter maxcpus=16 could fix my problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1686107 Title: Latest kernel update gets stuck Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in linux source package in Zesty: Confirmed Bug description: I just installed the latest kernel update (4.10.0-20), but it gets stuck on the following line: Examining /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d. run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms 4.10.0-20-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-20-generic I can't finish the update process now. I am also unable to install any software because dpkg informs it's corrupted. But running sudo dpkg --configure -a causes it to get stuck again on the line above. More info is provided here on this AskUbuntu question: https://askubuntu.com/questions/908676/linux-kernel-update-stuck I hope I reported this on the right location. I am running Ubuntu GNOME 17.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1686107/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
