Comment 34 for bug 574886

I too, have problems with the "something wicked" bug. I cannot now update/upgrade browse or receive email;

I upgraded 8.04 to 10.04. As it turns out, a mistake!

I have two disappointments---

1. I believed that LTS would "work out of the box" & was stable
2. Some of the intended help above are a bit brief for a Ubuntu USER, as distinct from a techie.
   I tied the one about the visudo & sudoers, but with no success. I cannot write to sudoers, but keep getting extra files named .temp or .temp.1 etc.
I use a router (#17 above) but even without router problem still exists.

Changing the sites for updates from Australi to Main makes no difference.

I would appreciate any kind soul writing either a fix or a workaround such that even a relative newcomer such as I am can understand it.

(This means telling me when to use SUDO, when to REBOOT, where any fiile is located and so on!
Some of us have NOT used GNU/Linux for years!)