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Re: Update Manager



On Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:12:28 -0700, owens wrote:

Please, no html... thanks.

> Running Debian Stable with Gnome.  Today I attempted to due a regular
> update using update manager. 1.  System seemed to boot normally
> 2.  Root authorization of the update manager normal 3.  Message "A fatal
> error has been detected in the update manager-do you want to submit a
> bug report"? 4.  If I select NO the update manager closes (of course
> without the update).  Other applications seem normal 5.  If I select YES
> a dialog box opens with Starting Update Manager-reading package lists 6.
>  At this point this application hangs-I cannot close it without a boot
> and ps does not report its existance.
>  
> Suggestions?

- Run the update manager from command line ("gksu update-manager") and 
put here the output.

- What about apt-get and/or aptitude, synaptic...? Do they fail in the 
same way?

- Also, check what's the current installed version ("apt-cache policy 
update-manager") to discard a possible problem coming from mixed sources 
should you have the testing repos enabled.

- To close the application without rebooting, open a console, run "ps 
aux| grep update-manager", get the ID of the related process(es) and try 
to kill it (them) with "kill -9 PID".

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón


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