Update wanting to remove important packages AGAIN!

[wolfreak_99]

I don't know what's causing this, I've tried looking around google forever now, on both occasions, but it's happening again.
I load the update manager, it says partial upgrade needed, then it asks me if I want to uninstall important stuff like the network manager and ubuntu desktop and etc. No I don't want to uninstall the network manager, how would it complete the upgrade with no internet to download the upgrade from? And what would be the point in having an upgrade if I won't be able to do anything on it!

This is happening all over again, heres the previous thread that mentioned pretty much what happening, along with a video somewhere in there.

(It says I need to make 15 posts to post the url, so you'll have to copy and paste this and remove the brackets around the dot com)
linuxforums [.] org/forum/ubuntu-help/168639-spm-um-trying-remove-important-stuff-during-upgrades.html


What I'm wanting to do is Do the upgrade it keeps bugging me about, but not have to remove anything at the same time. The previous thread I just kept getting told what to do and was told it always confirms me before upgrading that its about to delete something, I already know that that's why I'm asking for help. I know it is confirming it, but I want to do the upgrade but disable the uninstalling part of it.

Is there any mod to the synaptic manager that could possibly fix this?

I'm so frustrated over this, and I don't even want to attempt of asking Ubuntuforums but they don't offer any help. Theyre as helpful as yahoo answers.

PLEASE HELP ME! I'll even go as far as to compress my entire ubuntu partition into an iso and upload it somewhere for someone to take a look at (if anyone would possibly know what program would do this besides parimage or whatever, that's trying to remove the files as well in order to install).

[Segfault]

Networkmanager maybe is replaced by wicd. It's not that unusual for an older package being replaced with another which has same functionality.
Networkmanager is not needed to keep your box connected. It is merely a configuration helper.

[coopstah13]

are you trying to upgrade to newer version of ubuntu or just run package update on your system?

[wolfreak_99]

Networkmanager maybe is replaced by wicd. It's not that unusual for an older package being replaced with another which has same functionality.

I've tried wicd before, it sucks. It didn't even accept the key to my wifi. So I had to go back on another computer and download network managers deb files and transfer it back onto my laptop.

Networkmanager is not needed to keep your box connected. It is merely a configuration helper.

Then why do I get absolutely no internet connection when I don't load network manager?

are you trying to upgrade to newer version of ubuntu or just run package update on your system?

My ubuntu is ubuntu 10.04, idk if theres a newer release or what. it just bugs me every time I load up.

It usually happens in gnome only, it doesn't bug me (as often) when I'm in the KDE.

[Segfault]

Then why do I get absolutely no internet connection when I don't load network manager?

Sure you do. Just open a terminal and issue

sudo dhcpcd eth0

Replace dhcpcd with your actual DHCP client and eth0 with your actual network interface.

[wolfreak_99]

Sure you do. Just open a terminal and issue

sudo dhcpcd eth0

Replace dhcpcd with your actual DHCP client and eth0 with your actual network interface.

That's all dandy, but you're still missing the point. My computer is a friggin time bomb just begging for me to push the big "start countdown" button. I do not want to reinstall linux again because this is the 5th time now I've had linux reinstalled. I love linux, but it gets irritating as heck having to start from scratch every other week (I know you can back up files and whatnot, but its still a pain migrating everything you previously had back like programs and whatnot, especiall when you're tripping balls because you're afraid the folder your about to restore will set your computer back to the state of timebomb).

[Segfault]

I watched the video, you are doing Distribution Upgrade. Is this what you want? If it is and it tells you it can do it partially on first run you may need to run it multiple times. Although, wouldn't it be better to install current Ubuntu and not mess with dist-upgrade?