Bug#480884: update-manager: it doesn't work. It find releases but you cannot update the packages

[Tobias]

Package: update-manager
Version: 0.68.debian-4
Severity: normal

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sudo update-manager
sudo: unable to resolve host debianlap
/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/UpdateManager/GtkProgress.py:68: 
GtkWarning: Failed to set text from markup due to error parsing markup: 
Error on line 1 char 15: Invalid UTF-8 encoded text - not valid 
'<i>Abhï¿œngigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut</i>'
  self._status.set_markup("<i>%s</i>" % self.op)
could not send the dbus Inhibit signal: 
org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name 
org.gnome.PowerManager was not provided by any .service files
current dist not found in meta-release file
current dist not found in meta-release file

result:

update-manager failed

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-686-bigmem (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=de_DE at euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE at euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages update-manager depends on:
ii  gconf2                   2.22.0-1        GNOME configuration 
database syste
ii  libgnome2-perl           1.042-1+b1      Perl interface to the GNOME 
librar
ii  python                   2.5.2-1         An interactive high-level 
object-o
ii  python-dbus              0.82.4-2        simple interprocess 
messaging syst
ii  python-glade2            2.12.1-1        GTK+ bindings: Glade support
ii  python-gnome2            2.22.0-1        Python bindings for the 
GNOME desk
ii  python-support           0.7.7           automated rebuilding 
support for P
ii  python-vte               1:0.16.13-1+b1  Python bindings for the VTE 
widget
ii  python2.4                2.4.5-2         An interactive high-level 
object-o
ii  software-properties-gtk  0.60.debian-1.1 manage the repositories 
that you i
ii  synaptic                 0.62            Graphical package manager
ii  update-manager-core      0.68.debian-4   APT update manager core 
functional

update-manager recommends no packages.

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