Downloading updates going on 3 hours??

[sgatwk]

I ran 'apt-get upgrade' from the console and it ran a-ok. checked in the gui and no upgrades were needed. the firewall was running ok.

I restarted the server just in case.

[andrew.moore]

I believe he is saying to boot without the gui. After the machine boots, you should be able to enter the command on the command line.