[RESOLVED] Release updates problem

[bibloks]

I have upgraded from 9.10 into 10.04 and I have problem with updates now,


Error Type:
Error Value: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, exceptions.SystemError found
File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/apt/aptBackend.py, line 2216, in
main()
File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/apt/aptBackend.py, line 2213, in main
run(args, options.single)
File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/apt/aptBackend.py, line 2175, in run
backend.dispatcher(args)
File : /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/packagekit/backend.py, line 699, in dispatcher
self.dispatch_command(args[0], args[1:])
File : /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/packagekit/backend.py, line 606, in dispatch_command
self.refresh_cache(force)
File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/apt/aptBackend.py, line 202, in _locked_cache
func(*args, **kwargs)
File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/apt/aptBackend.py, line 1498, in refresh_cache
format_string(error.message))
File : /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/packagekit/backend.py, line 723, in format_string
txt = unicode(text, encoding, errors='replace')


Also, firefox is always offline, so when I start it first I have to go file- and deselect work offline.

Thanks for your support.

[bibloks]

OK firefox issue fixed.

I prefer to use wicd and after I upgraded I realized that this time network-manager will not uninstall - so both were running, as soon as I removed network-manager firefox being offline issue is fixed.

But still waiting for some reply on update error issue.

Thanks

[Snowhog]

But still waiting for some reply on update error issue.

Thanks


My suggestion - stop using KpackageKit for anything. Open a console and type:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install synaptic
Synaptic Package Manager is just so much better than KpackageKit.

[bibloks]

Thanks for the reply m8, in the mean time I found out that wicd entry into sources.list was creating problems and now its fixed.

I agree with you for synaptic package manager and I might change laters, for time being want to play with what it is.

Thank many, you are great community