installing update then my pc hang up

The system is telling you how to fix it

Open terminal (Gnome) or Konsole (KDE) and copy / paste this command in

sudo dpkg --configure -a

if that doesnt make everything work, ensure you have stuff like synaptic closed and other stuff that communicates with the packages and run this command:

sudo fuser -vki /var/lib/dpkg/lock;sudo dpkg --configure -a; sudo apt-get -f install

This should get you back on track. Let us know how you get on.

That seems to cover it all very efficiently. I wish i could keep my answers short like that too :) I'm guessing this is solved now?
Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

Tom,
I dont know what this mean. Do i need to get my ubuntu cd then install it again.? PLease help

The package 'linux-image-2.6.24-23-generic' is in a inconsistent state and needs to be reinstalled, but no archive can be found for it.

The package 'linux-image-2.6.24-23-generic' is in a inconsistent state and needs to be reinstalled, but no archive can be found for it. Please reinstall the package manually or remove it from the system.

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That seems to cover it all very efficiently. I wish i could keep my answers short like that too :) I'm guessing this is solved now?
Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

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Please mark as solved if it is. Thanks

Hmmm, i got something similar when i ran out of free drive-space. Please check to see if you have at least a couple Mb free. Try emptying the bin and if you use Evolution or Thunderbird then empty the bins in there, you could probably try the option to "compact folders" in there too. If you still don't have enough free-space then in a terminal console enter

sudo apt-get clean
sudo lshw -sanitize
sudo apt-get autoremove

and if you can open Synaptic Package Manager look in

Settings - Preferences

for the tab that lets you clear the downloaded apps cache. Then try

sudo dpkg --configure -a

again. Instead of using the command-line entry there i decided to reboot and used "recovery mode" from the boot-menu to try to clear some more space and also to "fix broken packages" from there. Either should be fine but i think there are slight differences in what they do so if one way doesn't work try the other.

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

Err, you are going to need a couple of hundred Mb free drive space to sort this one out i think.

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)