cannot access updates

[Nik]

In article <1157607038.4941.2.camel at jonathan.logical.co.zw>,
   jonathan <jonathan at logical.co.zw> wrote:
> everytime i open ubuntu updates it closes by itself the same thing
> happens when i open disks as it opens it closes there are no error
> messages

What eror messages do you get when you type the folllowing into a console
window?

gksu disks-admin

Nik

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