upgrade manager not working in 8.04

Try to run it via terminal and send error output (if any).

Vojtěch Trefný wrote:
> Your question #29692 on Ubuntu changed:
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> Vojtěch Trefný requested for more information:
> Try to run it via terminal and send error output (if any).
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Here is what I get when running it from terminal window -

rodger@rodger-desktop:~$ update-manager
current dist not found in meta-release file

Please try to run update-manager using sudo or gksudo

sudo update-manager

or

gksudo update-manager

And report any errors here

Thank you

I am having the same problem with Update Manager. I recently installed Ubuntu 8.04. The first time I ran update manager, it worked fine, but has not worked ever since. It shows the available updates, and appears to start the installation, but than just hangs until I shut it down through System Monitor.

Here is what I get in Terminal:

yelena@lenka-the-laptop:~$ update-manager
yelena@lenka-the-laptop:~$ update-manager
yelena@lenka-the-laptop:~$ sudo update-manager
sudo: unable to resolve host lenka-the-laptop
yelena@lenka-the-laptop:~$ gksudo update-manager

I am new to Linux, and any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
Yelena

I upgraded from 7.10 to 8.04 on Saturday, 26 April. After the upgrade, update manager hangs if I clicked the “Check” icon on the Update Manager window. When I invoke update manager from the command line, it works fine, with no hangs when I click “Check.” The system always hangs at the point where it used to ask me to type in my sudo password when I was using either 7.04 or 7.10.

I have no idea what may be causing the problem. However, it may be relevant that my root password and my regular, or sudo, password are not the same since I gave the system a root password when I first installed 7.04. Everything worked fine when I upgraded from 7.04 to 7.10. But it hangs with 8.04. Logs suggest that the system is looking for and not finding pam_smbpass.so when it hangs.

I am having issues with the Update Manager as well. After several attempts to upgrade using the Update Manager and the Alternative CD, I finally got the upgrade to complete--yesterday--by launching it from the command line. Now I am running 8.04 but I am having issues with the Update Manager not completing after it performs a check. It appears to download files (sometimes locking or pausing for a very long time) but doesn't seem to get to the actual installation of anything. I am a little worried about this as I use Ubuntu daily and I don't want a broken installation on my hands. I will try running from the command line when I get home after work today.

In any case, where can I get more info on resolving this? Thanks.

I did get Update Manager to work in the terminal window "sudo update manager". I ended up wiping my hard-drive and loading 8.04 from CD..... I have not had any issues since then.

Thanks to all who responded.

BD

I tried to run from the command line but I get this message:

  "current dist not found in meta-release file"

It seems like my upgrades are snowballing. It says its downloading the files but it never moves past that step to an actual install. Over the couple times I've tried this over the past couple days I can see the number of files is increasing.

I don't like the idea of having to do a fresh install as there is a lot I would have to painstakingly reconfigure on my home computer and my virtual server (which pretty much mirrors my home computer).

@Lenka77 Seems like this: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+question/31069

Into the /etc/hosts file there must be the computer name
lshw | head -1
give me "ubuntu" is my computer name

and into my /etc/hosts i have:
127.0.0.1 localhost ubuntu
127.0.1.1 ubuntu

So please check yours

You must edit the /etc/hosts file as root but sudo is not working so:

Please Start the pc the when you see the GRUB row...
Press ESC.

Press "e" for edit.

Highlight the line that begins kernel ………, and press "e"

Go to the very end of the line, add rw init=/bin/bash

press enter, then press "b" to boot your system.

Your system will boot up to a passwordless root shell.

You can edit the /etc/hosts file with nano editor type

nano /etc/hosts

to reboot the pc please type

reboot

Hope this helps

I do get to "reading package information" which progresses to completion, but nothing after that. Any ideas?

How to upgrade a release via terminal
To check the actual release type:

cat /etc/lsb-release

To be sure your release is fully upgraded

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoremove

and to upgrade the incoming release

sudo do-release-upgrade

Always useful is the online Ubuntu doc https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/
Hope this helps