Here are the log files during the upgrade - the network connection seem to have dropped around 15:18:13. The presence of eth0 entries is me connecting the wired network to be able to pastebin the logs.
.xsession-errors: http://pasteubuntu.com/707306/ syslog: http://paste.ubuntu.com/707307/ dpkg.log: http://paste.ubuntu.com/707309/ syslog: Oct 13 15:18:13 buka NetworkManager[417]: <warn> error requesting auth for org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.use-user-connections: (0) GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: Action org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.use-user-connections is not registered dpkg.log: 2011-10-13 15:18:10 status triggers-pending gconf2 2.32.2-0ubuntu2 2011-10-13 15:18:10 status half-installed network-manager-gnome 0.8.4~git.20110318t152954.9c4c9a0-0ubuntu1 2011-10-13 15:18:10 status half-installed network-manager-gnome 0.8.4~git.20110318t152954.9c4c9a0-0ubuntu1 2011-10-13 15:18:10 status unpacked network-manager-gnome 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu6 2011-10-13 15:18:10 status unpacked network-manager-gnome 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu6 2011-10-13 15:18:11 upgrade network-manager 0.8.4~git.20110319t175609.d14809b-0ubuntu3 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu3 2011-10-13 15:18:11 status half-configured network-manager 0.8.4~git.20110319t175609.d14809b-0ubuntu3 2011-10-13 15:18:11 status unpacked network-manager 0.8.4~git.20110319t175609.d14809b-0ubuntu3 2011-10-13 15:18:11 status half-installed network-manager 0.8.4~git.20110319t175609.d14809b-0ubuntu3 2011-10-13 15:18:11 status triggers-pending ureadahead 0.100.0-11 2011-10-13 15:18:11 status half-installed network-manager 0.8.4~git.20110319t175609.d14809b-0ubuntu3 2011-10-13 15:18:12 status triggers-pending ureadahead 0.100.0-11 2011-10-13 15:18:12 status half-installed network-manager 0.8.4~git.20110319t175609.d14809b-0ubuntu3 2011-10-13 15:18:12 status half-installed network-manager 0.8.4~git.20110319t175609.d14809b-0ubuntu3 2011-10-13 15:18:13 status unpacked network-manager 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu3 2011-10-13 15:18:13 status unpacked network-manager 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu3 2011-10-13 15:18:13 install libnm-gtk-common <none> 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu6 2011-10-13 15:18:13 status half-installed libnm-gtk-common 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu6 2011-10-13 15:18:14 status unpacked libnm-gtk-common 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu6 2011-10-13 15:18:14 status unpacked libnm-gtk-common 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu6 2011-10-13 15:18:14 install libnm-gtk0 <none> 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu6 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/859373 Title: flashplugin-installer upgrade failed during Oneiric upgrade Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Upgrade failed as the flashplugin-installer package failed to upgrade. I suspect this was because the network was unavailable at this point in the process. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: update-manager 1:0.152.19 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Sep 26 11:47:22 2011 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_AU:en_GB:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_AU.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: update-manager UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-25 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/859373/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

