Comment 1 for bug 1088731

As noted above, the problem cam when I executed

sudo apt-get install wine

I believe the problem was related to the following: At one point, a grey window came up, indicating that there was microsoft code or some such thing, and requiring that I click on a radio button indicating "Yes". I was unable to click on the radio button; I tried.

So I killed the process.

The problem "debconf, etc." .. has now occurred, every time new software is attempted to be installed.

But the software seems to work fine.

I've just installed a new linux kernel.

My guess is, that I should reboot.

Had the "debconf error" not occurred, I believe that that would have been the next step requested by the system.