I'm getting this error message too.
> gksudo "update-manager -d" warning: could not initiate dbus current dist not found in meta-release file
Synaptic says that I have update-manager version 0.59.23
I'm getting this error message too.
> gksudo "update-manager -d"
warning: could not initiate dbus
current dist not found in meta-release file
Synaptic says that I have update-manager version 0.59.23