9.10 System Update Manager freezes at 70% - both graphical and terminal 'apt-get update'

[Peter]

Binary package hint: gnome-terminal

Unable to use since initial 9.10 installation
System>Administration>Update Manager - Copy of error message at freeze:-

Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/Release.gpg
Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/main/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/universe/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/Release.gpg
Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/main/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/universe/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-proposed/Release.gpg
Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-proposed/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-proposed/main/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-proposed/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-proposed/universe/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-backports/Release.gpg
Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-backports/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-backports/main/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-backports/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-backports/universe/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2
Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 32d13e427e69d75023aa11b5601b8edc
CheckboxSystem: c2aa327fe5676e4b6bad566369355a82
Date: Wed Dec 2 13:13:22 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: gnome-terminal 2.28.1-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-15.50-generic
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-15-generic i686
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1649): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (nautilus:1716): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1734): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage. I have classified this bug as a bug in update-manager.

When reporting bugs in the future please use apport, either via the appropriate application's "Help -> Report a Problem" menu or using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

[RedSingularity (redsingularity)]

Cleaning up.
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