I am the original reporter of this bug. I regret that other >18hr/day commitments delayed my returning to this thread.
@Michael Vogt: running update-manager -d as a user resolved my problem. BTW, I do not have a proxy but do have a fairly fast (8Mbps) cable connection. Thank you for your help. -- "update-manager -d" in Feisty presents no option to upgrade to Gutsy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/129392 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs