[ubuntu-uk] problems upgrading

[Lucy]

On 08/11/2007, London School of Puppetry <lspinfo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I typed, nothing happened...the typing is there and that's all. So I
> closed the terminal window, tried to open update manager- nothing happens
> synaptic packages...shows the same error message. If I was to back up all my
> files, would it be an idea to reinstall with Gutsy instead of attempting the
> update- the partial updates perhaps have caused this problem. I have now
> changed the computer to Never- shutting down in inactive.

Hi Caroline,

This might be a daft question, but did you press enter when you
finished typing? If you have, can you provide a screenshot of the
terminal window please?