These are probably packages that can't be upgraded because their dependencies aren't yet in the archive. Could you tell us the names and version numbers of some of these packages? A screenshot showing some of them would suffice. Also, it would be helpful to tell us if "sudo apt- get install <pkgname>" succeeds in upgrading the package.
Update Manager does indeed support dist-upgrades. -- Can't update some packages in update-manager Edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/67241 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
