There's a group of crash files, all around the time things started going wrong.
$ ls -ltra /var/crash total 56 drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 2007-11-18 17:53 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 182 2007-11-18 21:19 update-manager.0.crash -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 184 2007-11-18 21:19 update-notifier.0.crash -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 196 2007-11-18 21:19 software-properties-gtk.0.crash -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 188 2007-11-18 21:19 gnome-app-install.0.crash -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 188 2007-11-18 21:19 language-selector.0.crash -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 179 2007-11-18 21:19 ubuntu-desktop.0.crash -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 190 2007-11-18 21:20 restricted-manager.0.crash -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 166 2007-11-18 21:20 apturl.0.crash -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 2007-11-19 10:56 .lock drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 2007-11-19 10:56 .
They're all similar. Here's one.
ProblemType: Package Date: Sun Nov 18 21:19:41 2007 ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Package: software-properties-gtk SourcePackage: software-properties
There's a group of crash files, all around the time things started going wrong.
$ ls -ltra /var/crash manager. 0.crash notifier. 0.crash properties- gtk.0.crash install. 0.crash selector. 0.crash desktop. 0.crash manager. 0.crash
total 56
drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 2007-11-18 17:53 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 182 2007-11-18 21:19 update-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 184 2007-11-18 21:19 update-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 196 2007-11-18 21:19 software-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 188 2007-11-18 21:19 gnome-app-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 188 2007-11-18 21:19 language-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 179 2007-11-18 21:19 ubuntu-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 190 2007-11-18 21:20 restricted-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 166 2007-11-18 21:20 apturl.0.crash
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 2007-11-19 10:56 .lock
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 2007-11-19 10:56 .
They're all similar. Here's one.
ProblemType: Package
Date: Sun Nov 18 21:19:41 2007
ErrorMessage:
ErrorMessage: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Package: software- properties- gtk
SourcePackage: software-properties