LM 20.3 Cinnamon stuck at unpacking linux-headers

[ghoultek]

I installed LM 20.3 cinnamon into virtual box with a 15 GB *.vdi file. After the install and reboot I ran the update to the mint update application and then kicked off the updates. The process stops at:

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Unpacking linux-headers-5.4.0-96-generic (5.4.0-96.109)

The update stays stuck there for more than an hour. My internet connection is working properly. The host has plenty of storage space and memory (32 GB) and I'm running on a ryzen 7 3700x CPU. The VM has 8 GB RAM allocated to it and 4 CPUs (threads).

I aborted the update, did a forced shutdown, and did another clean install of the OS. After the first reboot I ran the update to the mint update application. This time I picked local mirrors, and then kicked off the updates. It again stops at the same point and its been about 1h 40 mins. Is there a bug or server issue? I've run updates on other distros in virtual box and the complete without error.

[Larry78723]

I'm no expert on VM's, but I think you need to allocate at least 30GB to the .vdi.

[ghoultek]

I'm no expert on VM's, but I think you need to allocate at least 30GB to the .vdi.

Is this a new or recent requirement with Linux Mint? I've had much older LM installs in VM's with 15 or 20 GB vdi files and the update app did not stall like the recent one did. I have other distros in 15 GB VMs with 8GB RAM running KDE and they update pretty quick.

[JerryF]

From Mint's website:
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20GB of disk space (100GB recommended).
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15 GB for the VM's hard disk isn't enough, hence your problem.

[ghoultek]

From Mint's website:
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20GB of disk space (100GB recommended).
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15 GB for the VM's hard disk isn't enough, hence your problem.

Thanks JerryF. I deleted the VM's vdi file and created a 40 GB vdi. I went through the steps to install the OS, update the update manager app., pick local mirrors and then ran the updates. The update still took 1hr and 2 minutes. Its seems odd to me for the update to take that long.

[AZgl1800]

I have always made 40 GB vdi size, back in LM17 because of that problem.

[JerryF]

Thanks JerryF. I deleted the VM's vdi file and created a 40 GB vdi. I went through the steps to install the OS, update the update manager app., pick local mirrors and then ran the updates. The update still took 1hr and 2 minutes. Its seems odd to me for the update to take that long.

Hmm...you're right. Updates shouldn't take that long.

If you could post the results of the following command from the VM's Mint, maybe someone can help.

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inxi -Frxxz

[ghoultek]

Here are the results:

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jamescinnvbox@lmcinnvbox:~$ inxi -Frxxz
System:    Kernel: 5.4.0-96-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.2.7 wm: muffin dm: LightDM 
           Distro: Linux Mint 20.3 Una base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:   Type: Virtualbox System: innotek product: VirtualBox v: 1.2 serial: <filter> Chassis: Oracle Corporation type: 1 
           serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Oracle model: VirtualBox v: 1.2 serial: <filter> BIOS: innotek v: VirtualBox date: 12/01/2006 
CPU:       Topology: Quad Core model: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Zen L2 cache: 2048 KiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 bogomips: 28745 
           Speed: 3593 MHz min/max: N/A Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3593 2: 3593 3: 3593 4: 3593 
Graphics:  Device-1: VMware SVGA II Adapter driver: vmwgfx v: 2.15.0.0 bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 15ad:0405 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: vmware unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1600x900~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 12.0.0 256 bits) v: 4.5 Mesa 21.0.3 compat-v: 3.1 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 82801AA AC97 Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_intel8x0 v: kernel bus ID: 00:05.0 chip ID: 8086:2415 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-96-generic 
Network:   Device-1: Intel 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet driver: e1000 v: 7.3.21-k8-NAPI port: d020 bus ID: 00:03.0 
           chip ID: 8086:100e 
           IF: enp0s3 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Intel 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI type: network bridge driver: piix4_smbus v: N/A port: d200 bus ID: 00:07.0 
           chip ID: 8086:7113 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 40.00 GiB used: 9.15 GiB (22.9%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: VirtualBox model: VBOX HARDDISK size: 40.00 GiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 38.63 GiB used: 9.15 GiB (23.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5 
Sensors:   Message: No sensors data was found. Is sensors configured? 
Repos:     No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
           1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com una main upstream import backport
           2: deb http://ubuntu.mirror.constant.com focal main restricted universe multiverse
           3: deb http://ubuntu.mirror.constant.com focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
           4: deb http://ubuntu.mirror.constant.com focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
           5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
           6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
Info:      Processes: 201 Uptime: 4m Memory: 7.77 GiB used: 836.6 MiB (10.5%) Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: 
           gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.0.38 
jamescinnvbox@lmcinnvbox:~$ 

[JerryF]

I did notice one interesting thing from your inxi report:

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CPU:       Topology: Quad Core model: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Zen L2 cache: 2048 KiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 bogomips: 28745 
           Speed: 3593 MHz min/max: N/A Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3593 2: 3593 3: 3593 4: 3593

All 4 cores of your CPU seems to be running at maximum which may be causing the problem. Not sure I can help, but will research.

[JerryF]

Also, a good GUI program to install within the VM Mint is System Monitor (Gnome-system-monitor). You'll find it in Software Manager.

Here's a sample of one of it's windows titles Resources:

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