Update Manager settings issue

**AK44** · July 28th, 2012

I am having an issue where if I click on the settings option in Update Manager the app simply reloads itself but never takes me to the settings menu. I have attempted (possibly incorrectly as I am very new to Ubuntu) to uninstall/reinstall the application with no change. Any ideas? On 12.04 if that matters. Thanks.

**plucky** · July 28th, 2012

Originally Posted by AK44

I am having an issue where if I click on the settings option in Update Manager the app simply reloads itself but never takes me to the settings menu. I have attempted (possibly incorrectly as I am very new to Ubuntu) to uninstall/reinstall the application with no change. Any ideas? On 12.04 if that matters. Thanks.

From a terminal

Code:

software-properties-gtk

and post whatever it outputs.

**AK44** · July 28th, 2012

Originally Posted by plucky

From a terminal

Code:

software-properties-gtk

and post whatever it outputs.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk", line 104, in <module>
app = SoftwarePropertiesGtk(datadir=options.data_dir, options=options, file=file)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/SoftwarePropertiesGtk.py", line 85, in __init__
SoftwareProperties.__init__(self, options=options, datadir=datadir)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 96, in __init__
self.reload_sourceslist()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 584, in reload_sourceslist
self.distro.get_sources(self.sourceslist)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/aptsources/distro.py", line 87, in get_sources
raise NoDistroTemplateException("Error: could not find a "
aptsources.distro.NoDistroTemplateException: Error: could not find a distribution template

**plucky** · July 31st, 2012

("Error: could not find a "
aptsources.distro.NoDistroTemplateException: Error: could not find a distribution template

Could you post the output from a terminal for

Code:

cat /etc/apt/sources.list
cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list

**Dawnbandit** · July 31st, 2012

Originally Posted by plucky

Could you post the output from a terminal for

Code:

cat /etc/apt/sources.list
cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list

Yea, because that sounds a little disconcerting, was it like this when you installed Ubuntu?

**AK44** · August 1st, 2012

Originally Posted by plucky

Could you post the output from a terminal for

Code:

cat /etc/apt/sources.list
cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list

http://pastebin.com/7RCrc2LJ

Originally Posted by Dawnbandit

Yea, because that sounds a little disconcerting, was it like this when you installed Ubuntu?

No, I know for a fact it worked fine before I updated to 12.04 from 11.10. I am pretty sure it worked after the update as well but am not 100% confident there.

**plucky** · August 1st, 2012

Those sources look ok as they all seem to be valid.I am not really sure what to do next to get Software Sources working again.

Do you have a Software Sources launcher in the DASH?

Does that work?