cannot access or open repositories in synaptic package manager or open update manager

[ken Johnson]

Why do have to re-install linux everytime it upgrades to something higher than 10.04 ?

After an upgrade from 10.04 I find myself locked out of my repositories in Synaptic and Update Manager will not come up at all when it is selected.

My only recourse is to install it all over again ... and this last p-----s me to no end. Is there something that can be done to open up those closed repositories?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: synaptic 0.63.1ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-38.83-generic 2.6.32.52+drm33.21
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-38-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Jan 30 12:29:49 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/synaptic
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: synaptic

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Individual breakage, no intention to log deficiency.