Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: update-manager

Ubuntu Version 6.10

when trying to Update software through the update-manager I am told that
Not all updates can be installed. I am then instructed to run a Distribution 
upgrade. I run this "Upgrade" but it is trying to upgrade me to 6.10 which I am 
already running. As it is trying to do the distribution upgrade I get an error 
RIGHT as it is "Preparing the upgrade"

  Could not calculate the upgrade

A unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.

Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include
the files in /var/log/dist-upgrade/ in the bugreport.

contents of apt.log

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[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/log/dist-upgrade$ more apt.log
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Investigating upstart
Package upstart has broken dep on sysvinit
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 29
  Removing upstart rather than change sysvinit
Investigating upstart-compat-sysv
Package upstart-compat-sysv has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 29 as a solution to upstart-compat-sysv 13
  Removing upstart-compat-sysv rather than change upstart
Investigating startup-tasks
Package startup-tasks has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 29 as a solution to startup-tasks 8
  Removing startup-tasks rather than change upstart
Investigating system-services
Package system-services has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 29 as a solution to system-services 8
  Removing system-services rather than change upstart
Investigating upstart-logd
Package upstart-logd has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 29 as a solution to upstart-logd 8
  Removing upstart-logd rather than change upstart
Investigating ubuntu-minimal
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on startup-tasks
  Considering startup-tasks 8 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 4
  Removing ubuntu-minimal rather than change startup-tasks
Investigating nvidia-glx
Package nvidia-glx has broken dep on nvidia-kernel-1.0.9629
  Considering linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-10-generic 2 as a solution to 
nvidia-glx 0
  Removing nvidia-glx rather than change nvidia-kernel-1.0.9629
Done
Starting
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Investigating ubuntu-minimal
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on startup-tasks
  Considering startup-tasks 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added startup-tasks to the remove list
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on system-services
  Considering system-services 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added system-services to the remove list
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart to the remove list
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart-compat-sysv
  Considering upstart-compat-sysv 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart-compat-sysv to the remove list
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart-logd
  Considering upstart-logd 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart-logd to the remove list
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of startup-tasks
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of system-services
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart-compat-sysv
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart-logd
Investigating upstart
Package upstart has broken dep on sysvinit
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 1
  Removing upstart rather than change sysvinit
Investigating ubuntu-minimal
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart to the remove list
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart
Investigating upstart
Package upstart has broken dep on sysvinit
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 1
  Removing upstart rather than change sysvinit
Investigating ubuntu-minimal
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart to the remove list
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart
Investigating upstart
Package upstart has broken dep on sysvinit
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 10004
  Added sysvinit to the remove list
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 10004
  Fixing upstart via keep of sysvinit
Done
MarkUpgrade() called on a non-upgrable pkg: 'ubuntu-desktop'
ERROR:root:Dist-upgrade failed: 'A essential package would have to be remove
d'
Installing python2.5 as dep of beryl-settings
Installing python2.5-minimal as dep of python2.5
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Investigating upstart
Package upstart has broken dep on sysvinit
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 29
  Removing upstart rather than change sysvinit
Investigating upstart-compat-sysv
Package upstart-compat-sysv has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 29 as a solution to upstart-compat-sysv 13
  Removing upstart-compat-sysv rather than change upstart
Investigating startup-tasks
Package startup-tasks has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 29 as a solution to startup-tasks 8
  Removing startup-tasks rather than change upstart
Investigating system-services
Package system-services has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 29 as a solution to system-services 8
  Removing system-services rather than change upstart
Investigating upstart-logd
Package upstart-logd has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 29 as a solution to upstart-logd 8
  Removing upstart-logd rather than change upstart
Investigating ubuntu-minimal
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on startup-tasks
  Considering startup-tasks 8 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 4
  Removing ubuntu-minimal rather than change startup-tasks
Investigating nvidia-glx
Package nvidia-glx has broken dep on nvidia-kernel-1.0.9629
  Considering linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-10-generic 2 as a solution to 
nvidia-glx 0
  Removing nvidia-glx rather than change nvidia-kernel-1.0.9629
Done
Starting
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Investigating ubuntu-minimal
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on startup-tasks
  Considering startup-tasks 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added startup-tasks to the remove list
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on system-services
  Considering system-services 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added system-services to the remove list
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart to the remove list
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart-compat-sysv
  Considering upstart-compat-sysv 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart-compat-sysv to the remove list
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart-logd
  Considering upstart-logd 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart-logd to the remove list
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of startup-tasks
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of system-services
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart-compat-sysv
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart-logd
Investigating upstart
Package upstart has broken dep on sysvinit
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 1
  Removing upstart rather than change sysvinit
Investigating ubuntu-minimal
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart to the remove list
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart
Investigating upstart
Package upstart has broken dep on sysvinit
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 1
  Removing upstart rather than change sysvinit
Investigating ubuntu-minimal
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart to the remove list
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart
Investigating upstart
Package upstart has broken dep on sysvinit
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 10004
  Added sysvinit to the remove list
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 10004
  Fixing upstart via keep of sysvinit
Done
MarkUpgrade() called on a non-upgrable pkg: 'ubuntu-desktop'
ERROR:root:Dist-upgrade failed: 'A essential package would have to be remove
d'
Installing python2.5 as dep of beryl-settings
Installing python2.5-minimal as dep of python2.5
Installing libberyldecoration0 as dep of beryl
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Investigating upstart
Package upstart has broken dep on sysvinit
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 29
  Removing upstart rather than change sysvinit
Investigating upstart-compat-sysv
Package upstart-compat-sysv has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 29 as a solution to upstart-compat-sysv 13
  Removing upstart-compat-sysv rather than change upstart
Investigating startup-tasks
Package startup-tasks has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 29 as a solution to startup-tasks 8
  Removing startup-tasks rather than change upstart
Investigating system-services
Package system-services has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 29 as a solution to system-services 8
  Removing system-services rather than change upstart
Investigating upstart-logd
Package upstart-logd has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 29 as a solution to upstart-logd 8
  Removing upstart-logd rather than change upstart
Investigating ubuntu-minimal
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on startup-tasks
  Considering startup-tasks 8 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 4
  Removing ubuntu-minimal rather than change startup-tasks
Investigating nvidia-glx
Package nvidia-glx has broken dep on nvidia-kernel-1.0.9629
  Considering linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-10-generic 2 as a solution to 
nvidia-glx 0
  Removing nvidia-glx rather than change nvidia-kernel-1.0.9629
Done
Starting
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Investigating ubuntu-minimal
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on startup-tasks
  Considering startup-tasks 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added startup-tasks to the remove list
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on system-services
  Considering system-services 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added system-services to the remove list
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart to the remove list
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart-compat-sysv
  Considering upstart-compat-sysv 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart-compat-sysv to the remove list
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart-logd
  Considering upstart-logd 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart-logd to the remove list
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of startup-tasks
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of system-services
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart-compat-sysv
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart-logd
Investigating upstart
Package upstart has broken dep on sysvinit
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 1
  Removing upstart rather than change sysvinit
Investigating ubuntu-minimal
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart to the remove list
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart
Investigating upstart
Package upstart has broken dep on sysvinit
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 1
  Removing upstart rather than change sysvinit
Investigating ubuntu-minimal
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart to the remove list
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart
Investigating upstart
Package upstart has broken dep on sysvinit
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 10004
  Added sysvinit to the remove list
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 10004
  Fixing upstart via keep of sysvinit
Done
MarkUpgrade() called on a non-upgrable pkg: 'ubuntu-desktop'
ERROR:root:Dist-upgrade failed: 'A essential package would have to be remove
d'
Installing python2.5 as dep of beryl-settings
Installing python2.5-minimal as dep of python2.5
Installing libberyldecoration0 as dep of beryl
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Investigating upstart
Package upstart has broken dep on sysvinit
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 29
  Removing upstart rather than change sysvinit
Investigating upstart-compat-sysv
Package upstart-compat-sysv has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 29 as a solution to upstart-compat-sysv 13
  Removing upstart-compat-sysv rather than change upstart
Investigating startup-tasks
Package startup-tasks has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 29 as a solution to startup-tasks 8
  Removing startup-tasks rather than change upstart
Investigating system-services
Package system-services has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 29 as a solution to system-services 8
  Removing system-services rather than change upstart
Investigating upstart-logd
Package upstart-logd has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 29 as a solution to upstart-logd 8
  Removing upstart-logd rather than change upstart
Investigating ubuntu-minimal
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on startup-tasks
  Considering startup-tasks 8 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 4
  Removing ubuntu-minimal rather than change startup-tasks
Investigating nvidia-glx
Package nvidia-glx has broken dep on nvidia-kernel-1.0.9629
  Considering linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-10-generic 2 as a solution to 
nvidia-glx 0
  Removing nvidia-glx rather than change nvidia-kernel-1.0.9629
Done
Starting
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Investigating ubuntu-minimal
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on startup-tasks
  Considering startup-tasks 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added startup-tasks to the remove list
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on system-services
  Considering system-services 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added system-services to the remove list
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart to the remove list
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart-compat-sysv
  Considering upstart-compat-sysv 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart-compat-sysv to the remove list
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart-logd
  Considering upstart-logd 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart-logd to the remove list
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of startup-tasks
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of system-services
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart-compat-sysv
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart-logd
Investigating upstart
Package upstart has broken dep on sysvinit
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 1
  Removing upstart rather than change sysvinit
Investigating ubuntu-minimal
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart to the remove list
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart
Investigating upstart
Package upstart has broken dep on sysvinit
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 1
  Removing upstart rather than change sysvinit
Investigating ubuntu-minimal
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart to the remove list
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart
Investigating upstart
Package upstart has broken dep on sysvinit
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 10004
  Added sysvinit to the remove list
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 10004
  Fixing upstart via keep of sysvinit
Done
MarkUpgrade() called on a non-upgrable pkg: 'ubuntu-desktop'
ERROR:root:Dist-upgrade failed: 'A essential package would have to be remove
d'
Installing python2.5 as dep of beryl-settings
Installing python2.5-minimal as dep of python2.5
Installing libberyldecoration0 as dep of beryl
Starting
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Investigating upstart
Package upstart has broken dep on sysvinit
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 29
  Removing upstart rather than change sysvinit
Investigating upstart-compat-sysv
Package upstart-compat-sysv has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 29 as a solution to upstart-compat-sysv 13
  Removing upstart-compat-sysv rather than change upstart
Investigating startup-tasks
Package startup-tasks has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 29 as a solution to startup-tasks 8
  Removing startup-tasks rather than change upstart
Investigating system-services
Package system-services has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 29 as a solution to system-services 8
  Removing system-services rather than change upstart
Investigating upstart-logd
Package upstart-logd has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 29 as a solution to upstart-logd 8
  Removing upstart-logd rather than change upstart
Investigating ubuntu-minimal
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on startup-tasks
  Considering startup-tasks 8 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 4
  Removing ubuntu-minimal rather than change startup-tasks
Investigating nvidia-glx
Package nvidia-glx has broken dep on nvidia-kernel-1.0.9629
  Considering linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-10-generic 2 as a solution to 
nvidia-glx 0
  Removing nvidia-glx rather than change nvidia-kernel-1.0.9629
Done
Starting
Starting 2
Investigating ubuntu-minimal
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on startup-tasks
  Considering startup-tasks 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added startup-tasks to the remove list
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on system-services
  Considering system-services 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added system-services to the remove list
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart to the remove list
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart-compat-sysv
  Considering upstart-compat-sysv 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart-compat-sysv to the remove list
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart-logd
  Considering upstart-logd 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart-logd to the remove list
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of startup-tasks
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of system-services
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart-compat-sysv
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart-logd
Investigating upstart
Package upstart has broken dep on sysvinit
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 1
  Removing upstart rather than change sysvinit
Investigating ubuntu-minimal
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart to the remove list
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart
Investigating upstart
Package upstart has broken dep on sysvinit
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 1
  Removing upstart rather than change sysvinit
Investigating ubuntu-minimal
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart to the remove list
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart
Investigating upstart
Package upstart has broken dep on sysvinit
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 10004
  Added sysvinit to the remove list
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 10004
  Fixing upstart via keep of sysvinit
Done
MarkUpgrade() called on a non-upgrable pkg: 'ubuntu-desktop'
ERROR:root:Dist-upgrade failed: 'A essential package would have to be remove
d'
Installing python2.5 as dep of beryl-settings
Installing python2.5-minimal as dep of python2.5
Installing libberyldecoration0 as dep of beryl
Starting
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Investigating upstart
Package upstart has broken dep on sysvinit
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 29
  Removing upstart rather than change sysvinit
Investigating upstart-compat-sysv
Package upstart-compat-sysv has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 29 as a solution to upstart-compat-sysv 13
  Removing upstart-compat-sysv rather than change upstart
Investigating startup-tasks
Package startup-tasks has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 29 as a solution to startup-tasks 8
  Removing startup-tasks rather than change upstart
Investigating system-services
Package system-services has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 29 as a solution to system-services 8
  Removing system-services rather than change upstart
Investigating upstart-logd
Package upstart-logd has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 29 as a solution to upstart-logd 8
  Removing upstart-logd rather than change upstart
Investigating ubuntu-minimal
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on startup-tasks
  Considering startup-tasks 8 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 4
  Removing ubuntu-minimal rather than change startup-tasks
Investigating nvidia-glx
Package nvidia-glx has broken dep on nvidia-kernel-1.0.9629
  Considering linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-10-generic 2 as a solution to 
nvidia-glx 0
  Removing nvidia-glx rather than change nvidia-kernel-1.0.9629
Done
Starting
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Investigating ubuntu-minimal
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on startup-tasks
  Considering startup-tasks 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added startup-tasks to the remove list
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on system-services
  Considering system-services 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added system-services to the remove list
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart to the remove list
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart-compat-sysv
  Considering upstart-compat-sysv 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart-compat-sysv to the remove list
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart-logd
  Considering upstart-logd 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart-logd to the remove list
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of startup-tasks
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of system-services
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart-compat-sysv
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart-logd
Investigating upstart
Package upstart has broken dep on sysvinit
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 1
  Removing upstart rather than change sysvinit
Investigating ubuntu-minimal
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart to the remove list
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart
Investigating upstart
Package upstart has broken dep on sysvinit
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 1
  Removing upstart rather than change sysvinit
Investigating ubuntu-minimal
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart to the remove list
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart
Investigating upstart
Package upstart has broken dep on sysvinit
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 10004
  Added sysvinit to the remove list
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 10004
  Fixing upstart via keep of sysvinit
Done
MarkUpgrade() called on a non-upgrable pkg: 'ubuntu-desktop'
ERROR:root:Dist-upgrade failed: 'A essential package would have to be remove
d'
Installing python2.5 as dep of beryl-settings
Installing python2.5-minimal as dep of python2.5
Installing beryl-settings-bindings as dep of beryl-settings
Installing libberyldecoration0 as dep of beryl
Starting
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Investigating upstart
Package upstart has broken dep on sysvinit
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 29
  Removing upstart rather than change sysvinit
Investigating upstart-compat-sysv
Package upstart-compat-sysv has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 29 as a solution to upstart-compat-sysv 13
  Removing upstart-compat-sysv rather than change upstart
Investigating startup-tasks
Package startup-tasks has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 29 as a solution to startup-tasks 8
  Removing startup-tasks rather than change upstart
Investigating system-services
Package system-services has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 29 as a solution to system-services 8
  Removing system-services rather than change upstart
Investigating upstart-logd
Package upstart-logd has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 29 as a solution to upstart-logd 8
  Removing upstart-logd rather than change upstart
Investigating ubuntu-minimal
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on startup-tasks
  Considering startup-tasks 8 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 4
  Removing ubuntu-minimal rather than change startup-tasks
Investigating nvidia-glx
Package nvidia-glx has broken dep on nvidia-kernel-1.0.9629
  Considering linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-10-generic 2 as a solution to 
nvidia-glx 0
  Removing nvidia-glx rather than change nvidia-kernel-1.0.9629
Done
Starting
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Investigating ubuntu-minimal
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on startup-tasks
  Considering startup-tasks 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added startup-tasks to the remove list
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on system-services
  Considering system-services 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added system-services to the remove list
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart to the remove list
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart-compat-sysv
  Considering upstart-compat-sysv 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart-compat-sysv to the remove list
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart-logd
  Considering upstart-logd 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart-logd to the remove list
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of startup-tasks
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of system-services
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart-compat-sysv
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart-logd
Investigating upstart
Package upstart has broken dep on sysvinit
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 1
  Removing upstart rather than change sysvinit
Investigating ubuntu-minimal
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart to the remove list
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart
Investigating upstart
Package upstart has broken dep on sysvinit
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 1
  Removing upstart rather than change sysvinit
Investigating ubuntu-minimal
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart to the remove list
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart
Investigating upstart
Package upstart has broken dep on sysvinit
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 10004
  Added sysvinit to the remove list
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 10004
  Fixing upstart via keep of sysvinit
Done
MarkUpgrade() called on a non-upgrable pkg: 'ubuntu-desktop'
ERROR:root:Dist-upgrade failed: 'A essential package would have to be remove
d'
Installing python2.5 as dep of beryl-settings
Installing python2.5-minimal as dep of python2.5
Installing beryl-settings-bindings as dep of beryl-settings
Installing libberyldecoration0 as dep of beryl
Starting
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Investigating upstart
Package upstart has broken dep on sysvinit
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 29
  Removing upstart rather than change sysvinit
Investigating upstart-compat-sysv
Package upstart-compat-sysv has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 29 as a solution to upstart-compat-sysv 13
  Removing upstart-compat-sysv rather than change upstart
Investigating startup-tasks
Package startup-tasks has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 29 as a solution to startup-tasks 8
  Removing startup-tasks rather than change upstart
Investigating system-services
Package system-services has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 29 as a solution to system-services 8
  Removing system-services rather than change upstart
Investigating upstart-logd
Package upstart-logd has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 29 as a solution to upstart-logd 8
  Removing upstart-logd rather than change upstart
Investigating ubuntu-minimal
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on startup-tasks
  Considering startup-tasks 8 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 4
  Removing ubuntu-minimal rather than change startup-tasks
Investigating nvidia-glx
Package nvidia-glx has broken dep on nvidia-kernel-1.0.9629
  Considering linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-10-generic 2 as a solution to 
nvidia-glx 0
  Removing nvidia-glx rather than change nvidia-kernel-1.0.9629
Done
Starting
Starting 2
Investigating ubuntu-minimal
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on startup-tasks
  Considering startup-tasks 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added startup-tasks to the remove list
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on system-services
  Considering system-services 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added system-services to the remove list
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart to the remove list
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart-compat-sysv
  Considering upstart-compat-sysv 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart-compat-sysv to the remove list
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart-logd
  Considering upstart-logd 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart-logd to the remove list
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of startup-tasks
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of system-services
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart-compat-sysv
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart-logd
Investigating upstart
Package upstart has broken dep on sysvinit
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 1
  Removing upstart rather than change sysvinit
Investigating ubuntu-minimal
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart to the remove list
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart
Investigating upstart
Package upstart has broken dep on sysvinit
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 1
  Removing upstart rather than change sysvinit
Investigating ubuntu-minimal
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart to the remove list
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart
Investigating upstart
Package upstart has broken dep on sysvinit
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 10004
  Added sysvinit to the remove list
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 10004
  Fixing upstart via keep of sysvinit
Done
MarkUpgrade() called on a non-upgrable pkg: 'ubuntu-desktop'
ERROR:root:Dist-upgrade failed: 'A essential package would have to be remove
d'
Installing python2.5 as dep of beryl-settings
Installing python2.5-minimal as dep of python2.5
Installing beryl-settings-bindings as dep of beryl-settings
Installing libberyldecoration0 as dep of beryl
Starting
Starting 2
Investigating upstart
Package upstart has broken dep on sysvinit
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 29
  Removing upstart rather than change sysvinit
Investigating upstart-compat-sysv
Package upstart-compat-sysv has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 29 as a solution to upstart-compat-sysv 13
  Removing upstart-compat-sysv rather than change upstart
Investigating startup-tasks
Package startup-tasks has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 29 as a solution to startup-tasks 8
  Removing startup-tasks rather than change upstart
Investigating system-services
Package system-services has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 29 as a solution to system-services 8
  Removing system-services rather than change upstart
Investigating upstart-logd
Package upstart-logd has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 29 as a solution to upstart-logd 8
  Removing upstart-logd rather than change upstart
Investigating ubuntu-minimal
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on startup-tasks
  Considering startup-tasks 8 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 4
  Removing ubuntu-minimal rather than change startup-tasks
Investigating nvidia-glx
Package nvidia-glx has broken dep on nvidia-kernel-1.0.9629
  Considering linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-10-generic 2 as a solution to 
nvidia-glx 0
  Removing nvidia-glx rather than change nvidia-kernel-1.0.9629
Done
Starting
Starting 2
Investigating ubuntu-minimal
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on startup-tasks
  Considering startup-tasks 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added startup-tasks to the remove list
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on system-services
  Considering system-services 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added system-services to the remove list
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart to the remove list
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart-compat-sysv
  Considering upstart-compat-sysv 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart-compat-sysv to the remove list
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart-logd
  Considering upstart-logd 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart-logd to the remove list
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of startup-tasks
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of system-services
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart-compat-sysv
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart-logd
Investigating upstart
Package upstart has broken dep on sysvinit
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 1
  Removing upstart rather than change sysvinit
Investigating ubuntu-minimal
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart to the remove list
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart
Investigating upstart
Package upstart has broken dep on sysvinit
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 1
  Removing upstart rather than change sysvinit
Investigating ubuntu-minimal
Package ubuntu-minimal has broken dep on upstart
  Considering upstart 1 as a solution to ubuntu-minimal 10004
  Added upstart to the remove list
  Fixing ubuntu-minimal via keep of upstart
Investigating upstart
Package upstart has broken dep on sysvinit
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 10004
  Added sysvinit to the remove list
  Considering sysvinit 5099 as a solution to upstart 10004
  Fixing upstart via keep of sysvinit
Done
MarkUpgrade() called on a non-upgrable pkg: 'ubuntu-desktop'


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[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/log/dist-upgrade$ more term.log
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/log/dist-upgrade$ 


as you can see there was nothing within the term.log


I hope that I did this right as I am VERY new to bug reporting.

-Paul

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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bug against the 'update-manager' package
https://launchpad.net/bugs/80643

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