cannot update os,or change/add to the os.

[donald hofmann]

Cannot use update manager. Recovery7 disc has no effect. Cannot install later os. Live discs do not display. Cannot use package installer. etc.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: lpia
Date: Thu Jan 7 13:25:36 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gedit
Package: gedit 2.22.3-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: lpia
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gedit
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-lpia i686
UnreportableReason: This is not a genuine Ubuntu package

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report so we are closing it and converting it to a question in the support tracker. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs. For help on reporting bugs, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#When%20not%20to%20file%20a%20bug.