CLI Giving Me A Raised Middle Finger

[Cybe R. Wizard]

On Mon, 9 Jul 2012 21:14:34 +0100
Steve Flynn <anothermindbomb at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 9 July 2012 20:26, Bahn, Nathan <nathan.bahn at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > $ do-release-upgrade -d
> > Checking for a new ubuntu release
> > Unhandled exception in thread started by <bound method
> > MetaReleaseCore.download of
> > <UpdateManager.Core.MetaRelease.MetaReleaseCore object at
> > 0x7f4854ec5090>> Traceback (most recent call last):
> 
> [snip]
> >   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 447, in readline
> >     data = self._sock.recv(self._rbufsize)
> > socket.timeout: timed out
> >
> > And no, there is NO prompt at the end!  None.  Zip.  Nada.  Just a
> > non-blinking cursor.
> 
> Back to that eh...
> 
> Could you indulge me in two things please...
> 
> 1. run an "sudo apt-get update". Updates ok?
> 2. post the contents of your /etc/apt/sources.list file
> 
Doesn't <do-release-upgrade -d> require sudo?
try <sudo do-release-upgrade -d>

Cybe R. Wizard
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