X Server restarted whilst installing package

[Diggory]

Binary package hint: libgda3-bin

New install of Ibex, X server crashes randomly returning to initial user sign in screen. Whilst installing VirtualBox X crashed corrupting system.

Sorry, not really an expert here as you can tell.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: package metacity-common is not ready for configuration
Package: metacity-common 1:2.24.0-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: metacity
Title: package metacity-common 1:2.24.0-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: package metacity-common is not ready for configuration
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-9-generic i686

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Thanks for your bugreport.

Could you please attach the file /var/log/dpkg.log as well?

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

 We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!