Hi Aere, And try this command to find out more about that python command (the whole command line)
ps -Af |grep python --- Maybe it is writing to/from some buffers, probably swapping. Such activities happen with small RAM, it can take a long time, but if you patiently wait, it will (often) finish ;-) You can use the system monitor to watch if 'swap used' is changing. Or install iotop and run sudo iotop -o to watch i/o activity. Best regards Nio On 2013-04-04 07:03, Aere Greenway wrote: > On 04/03/2013 03:31 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote: >> I suggest that you try updating with terminal window commands >> >> sudo apt-get update >> sudo apt-get upgrade > Nio: > > I tried this on my HP-Vectra machine (both on Lubuntu 12.10, and > Ubuntu-Studio 12.04). > > Unfortunately, I encounter the same (or worse) problem. > > Everything seems to be going fine, and I can monitor everything. > > Then it gets to the point where it says: > > ldconfig deferred processing taking place > > At that point, control returns to the command prompt, so I can execute > other commands. > > But the processor is over 90% busy, running python as user=root. It > keeps running for longer than would normally be required for applying > updates. And watching the task manager window gives me no clue of what > it is doing. > > If I run the software updater, it says my system is up-to-date. > > I finally shut down my system (hoping the package database didn't get > messed-up). > > The very same thing happens on Ubuntu-Studio (Xubuntu). > > At least using the software-updater, I could get clues from the task > manager of what it was doing. > > So, unfortunately, I still cannot reliably update Linux systems on my > HP-Vectra (450 megahertz, 512 meg RAM) machine. > -- Lubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
