Matt, I agree that update-manager is the preferred method for upgrading, but a LOT of people have had issues with this. I apologize for posting my advice on a bug report - this discussion should be used for fixing the problem instead of figuring out workarounds.
Regards, Jason -- dapper -> edgy dist-upgrade holds back essential packages https://launchpad.net/bugs/63680 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs