Public bug reported: When I tried to execute the update manager from command prompt in Ibex its did not work and gave following error. My PC is on a office lan and is connected to internet through proxy server. Please guide.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ update-manager -d warning: could not initiate dbus Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/update-manager", line 91, in <module> app = UpdateManager(data_dir) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py", line 413, in __init__ self.restore_state() File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py", line 845, in restore_state expanded = self.gconfclient.get_bool("/apps/update-manager/show_details") glib.GError: Failed to contact configuration server; some possible causes are that you need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks due to a system crash. See http://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- update manager and othe packeges called from command prompt crash https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/298335 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs