Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/bin/update-manager”, line 92, in
app.main(options)
File “/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py”, line 1085, in main
gtk.main()

after a keyboard interrupt.

I made the file /var/lib/update-manager/meta-release (which I copied from this site, because it was not in the dir.) , but the result is still the same.

Should I install python 2.5?

if there are any suggestions?

Just in case I’ve done

sudo apt-get install gdm --reinstall --purge
but nothing has changed. The command
$ sudo lsb_release -a
gives:
$ sudo lsb_release -a

[sudo] password for its:
LSB Version: core-2.0-ia32:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-ia32:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-ia32:core-4.0-noarch:cxx-3.0-ia32:cxx-3.0-noarch:cxx-3.1-ia32:cxx-3.1-noarch:cxx-3.2-ia32:cxx-3.2-noarch:cxx-4.0-ia32:cxx-4.0-noarch:desktop-3.1-ia32:desktop-3.1-noarch:desktop-3.2-ia32:desktop-3.2-noarch:desktop-4.0-ia32:desktop-4.0-noarch:graphics-2.0-ia32:graphics-2.0-noarch:graphics-3.0-ia32:graphics-3.0-noarch:graphics-3.1-ia32:graphics-3.1-noarch:graphics-3.2-ia32:graphics-3.2-noarch:graphics-4.0-ia32:graphics-4.0-noarch:languages-3.2-ia32:languages-3.2-noarch:languages-4.0-ia32:languages-4.0-noarch:multimedia-3.2-ia32:multimedia-3.2-noarch:multimedia-4.0-ia32:multimedia-4.0-noarch:printing-3.2-ia32:printing-3.2-noarch:printing-4.0-ia32:printing-4.0-noarch:qt4-3.1-ia32:qt4-3.1-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04
Codename: jaunty

but

$ uname -a
Linux its-desktop 2.6.27-14-generic #1 SMP Mon Aug 31 13:01:41 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

since I can start only via Linux its-desktop 2.6.27-14-generic

Any ideas why this “5″ is generated, what and how should be corrected? Thanks!

Press Ctrl-Alt-F1

sudo gedit /etc/pam.d/gdm

remove or comment the line

@include common-pamkeyring

Save and exit the file

Solution 2

Press Ctrl-Alt-F1

Run the following command from terminal

sudo apt-get install gdm --reinstall --purge

It says:
Authentication failed

Authenticating the upgrade failed. There may be a problem with the network or with the server.

Rebooting or getting all the updates didn’t do anything to solve it.

Does anyone have a solution?

I am helpless and clueless on what to do now.

please help me with this.

LSB Version: core-2.0-ia32:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-ia32:core-3.2-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10
Codename: intrepid

How do I fix this?

I used the following configuration…
10 gb dedicated to existing windows
15 gb for ext3 mounted on “/”
1 gb for swap (maybe I’ll upgrade the ram to 512 later)
12 gb for ext3 mounted on “/home”
2 gb for Fat32 mounted as “/windows” (for if I need to trade files back to windows)

The only hiccup was an error during install, “panel encountered a problem while loading “OAFIID: GNOME_FastUserSwitch Applet” and two more applets. I installed anyway and everything seems to be working.

I ordered a new battery for the laptop to prevent further mishaps…thanks for your advice!

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-security-4/passwdauthentication-token-manipulation-error-441570/

Not sure if you’ve already taken a look at the permissions. I think if I were you I’d boot a livecd, copy my entire /home directory somewhere else, reinstall Ubuntu, and then copy the /home back.

Something you can do in the future (or next time you reformat) is to make partition your computer as follows:

10-15gb for /
512mb-1gb for swap
Rest for /home

This basically mounts the home partition to the /home directory, which allows you to have the same settings for multiple linux OS’s, or to reinstall ubuntu without losing any settings or documents.

This way, if anything ever gets messed up, simply reinstall ubuntu and tell it to format /, but not to format /home. Use the same username as before, and all of your settings will still be there. I.E. once you re-install any software you previously used, it should keep all of your settings and options.

I used this a number of times when I was new at linux and would crash the OS about two to three times a month.

Reboot the computer, and select the second option in grub (recovery mode). Drop to a root command prompt, and type in “passwd username” (where username is your username)

Then just re-enter the password you would like to use, and type “shutdown -r now”. This will restart the machine, and login as usual.

The above steps allow you to reset your password if you ever forget it.

The first time when i try to upgrade with adept on X, but it is halted at 99% - and stop responding.

Then i try it again, seems to be everything is fine, but after the reboot i have no inputs on X (VT7) ? ( i think it caused by a conf file, maybe if i would try to reconfigure xserver … )

Then i used a terminal, apt-get upgrade - the system is did the upgrade third time, it download the packages again, and setup it again …

Then it lost the root filesystem, it is a problem with udev and its conf file.

This is my experience, but in the future i love linux, and thx to everybody to work and believe the world to be a better place ))

The new ubuntu works but when i get to the desktop it ask´s for a username to log in to ubuntu.
I just thought that it would automatic want my old password from the 8.10 version. but that doesn’t work.

Everything went fine but now it ask´s for a username/password to go any further.

I don’t know what username it wants….how do i get this username?

Authenticating the upgrade failed. There may be a problem with the network or with the server. ”

It is something aoubt public key I think?!But I dont know solution.

Ivan