Second try. I deleted my Virtual Machines, re-installed from the .iso, and tried this solution: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11558447
Step 1: Open a Konsole and type: sudo apt-get update (I had to supply my password) sudo apt-get upgrade (It asked me if I was willing to give it space to download the updates, and I said Y. It appeared to run successfully and after some 10+ minutes of updates flying by, it gave me back my bash prompt) exit (to close the Konsole) Step 2: Re-boot (I used the Kickoff Application Launcher, Leave, Shut Down, Turn Off, which automatically exits VMware Player) Step 3: Seems to work, and this time the notifier tells me only six security updates are available. So, I cross my fingers and do the graphical update with Muon. It appeared to be successful, and I closed Muon and noticed the System Notification Helper reported that A system restart is needed to complete the update process. Step 4: Re-boot (I used the Kickoff Application Launcher, Leave, Shut Down, Turn Off, which automatically exits VMware Player) Step 5: SUCCESS! No pending updates, posting this from rekonq on an up- to-date Kubuntu 11.10 in a VMWare VM. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gtk+2.0 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/855793 Title: Kubuntu 11.10 beta 1: Error upgrading using muon Status in “gtk+2.0” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “kde-workspace” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: After installing Kubuntu 11.10 beta 1 in Virtualbox 4.1.2 (during installation I did not select to get updates) I tried to do a full update using muon package manager. The download of packages completed successfully but the installation process stuck on 20 % on kate package update. After waiting for a long time ( about 1 hour), I killed the update process. Then, I restarted the virtual machine but my system is not functional (e.g no network, no sound, no way to perform updates). System Information -------------------------- Description: Ubuntu oneiric (development branch) Release: 11.10 Architecture/Processor/Kernel ------------------------------ 3.0.0-9-generic i686 i386 GNU/Linux Muon Package Info -------------------------- Package: muon Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: kde Installed-Size: 328 Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-disc...@lists.ubuntu.com> Architecture: i386 Version: 1.2.0-0ubuntu2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+2.0/+bug/855793/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
