Do you have xubuntu-desktop installed on this machine? There is a known bug, bug #57143 that make it problematic to update ubuntu-desktop if xubuntu-desktop is there.
I doubt this is your problem... but it seems worth to ask.
Do you have xubuntu-desktop installed on this machine?
There is a known bug, bug #57143 that make it problematic to update ubuntu-desktop if xubuntu-desktop is there.
I doubt this is your problem... but it seems worth to ask.