More info on this. I looked through the apt.log and found that the scripts seems to have a problem with the package openoffice.org-l10n-mr- in. Removing this package seemed to move things forward.
However, this failed again with the error that it {edubuntu, ubuntu, kubuntu}-desktop was not installed. (sighhh..) So i installed that and it came with loads of dependencies which i okayed. Ran update-manager again. Here's what main.log has different in the end: 2006-10-01 10:27:59,127 ERROR IOError in cache.update(): 'Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/e 28 '. Retrying (currentRetry: 0) 2006-10-01 10:28:06,747 DEBUG Marking 'ubuntu-desktop' for upgrade 2006-10-01 10:28:06,912 DEBUG Can't mark 'ubuntu-desktop' for upgrade (E:Unable to correct problems, you have held br 31 2006-10-01 10:29:57,513 ERROR Dist-upgrade failed: 'Can't upgrade required meta-packages' ** Attachment added: "/var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log - cant upgrade meta-packages" http://librarian.launchpad.net/4566648/main.log -- Could not calculate upgrade https://launchpad.net/bugs/63239 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs