update manger is broken

[delinquent]

Hi
I try to update my system through update manager but it gets frozen right after updating the repositories. I have to terminate the application.
I tried to update (if it's safe at all) by sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade in terminal but I get : "The following packages have been kept back:"
How can I fix this?

[chrisinspace]

If you have repos enabled other than the default Mint and Debian repos, you may have a dependency issue. I enabled Hadret's experimental PPA so I could install nautilus-elementary and Gnome Global Menu. That repo contains a newer version of Transmission, but because LMDE is based on Debian Testing, some of my lib files don't meet the dependency requirements. I get that message every time, so I can't do a dist-upgrade from the command line. My work-around is to go to Synaptic, mark all upgrades, then search for Transmission, and un-select it. I can then run the rest of the updates, bypassing the Transmission upgrade.

[DataMan]

Suggest we start by first taking a look at your sources list. Post the out put obtained via

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cat /etc/apt/sources.list

-DataMan

[delinquent]

This is my /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing main non-free
deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ squeeze-backports iceweasel-4.0
deb http://hadret.rootnode.net/debian/ unstable main
deb-src http://hadret.rootnode.net/debian/ unstable main

thanks

[DataMan]

I would recommend turning off the squeee and unstable. If you do this, make sure you click the "reload" button before you try to update.

-DataMan

[delinquent]

I removed queeze but kept unstable as I rather have it enabled.
Voilà - update-manager works!
it's downloading right now.
Thanks a lot for helping.