Hi there, I have attached the crash reports and below are the system data and the terminal output: System info: Acer Aspire 9410-4933 Intel Core Duo processor T2450 (2.0 GHz, 533 MHz FSB, 2MB L2 cache) 17" WXGA+ Acer CrystalBrite LCD Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 160GB HDD DVD-Super Multi double layer (support DVD+-R Double Layer/DVD+-RW) 1GB DDR2 802.11a/b/g wireless LAN thomas@thomas-laptop:/media/disk-1$ lsb_release -rd ; uname -a ; apt-cache policy synaptic apport apt update-manager linux-image linux-headers sun-java6-bin sun-java6-doc Description: Ubuntu intrepid (development branch) Release: 8.10 Linux thomas-laptop 2.6.26-4-generic #1 SMP Mon Jul 14 18:39:53 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux synaptic: Installed: 0.62.1ubuntu8 Candidate: 0.62.1ubuntu8 Version table: *** 0.62.1ubuntu8 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status apport: Installed: 0.113 Candidate: 0.113 Version table: *** 0.113 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status apt: Installed: 0.7.14ubuntu6 Candidate: 0.7.14ubuntu6 Version table: *** 0.7.14ubuntu6 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status update-manager: Installed: 1:0.93.6 Candidate: 1:0.93.6 Version table: *** 1:0.93.6 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:0.87.30 0 500 cdrom://[APTonCD for ubuntu hardy - i386 (2008-08-17 02:58) DVD1] Packages linux-image: Installed: 2.6.27.2.2 Candidate: 2.6.27.2.2 Version table: *** 2.6.27.2.2 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status linux-headers: Installed: (none) Candidate: (none) Version table: sun-java6-bin: Installed: 6-07-4ubuntu2 Candidate: 6-07-4ubuntu2 Version table: *** 6-07-4ubuntu2 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 6-07-3ubuntu2 0 500 cdrom://[APTonCD for ubuntu hardy - i386 (2008-08-17 02:58) DVD1] Packages 6-07-3~bpo40+1 0 500 http://www.backports.org etch-backports/non-free Packages sun-java6-doc: Installed: 6-07-4ubuntu2 Candidate: 6-07-4ubuntu2 Version table: *** 6-07-4ubuntu2 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 6-07-3~bpo40+1 0 500 http://www.backports.org etch-backports/non-free Packages thomas@thomas-laptop:/media/disk-1$ thomas@thomas-laptop:/media/disk-1$ sudo apt-get -y update ; sudo apt-get -y upgrade ; sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade ; sudo apt-get install -f ; sudo dpkg --configure -a ; sudo apt-get -t etch-backports -y update ; sudo apt-get -t etch-backports -y upgrade ; sudo apt-get -t etch-backports -y dist-upgrade ; sudo update-manager -c -d ; sudo synaptic Setting up sun-java6-doc (6-07-4ubuntu2) ... This package is an installer package, it does not actually contain the JDK documentation. You will need to go download one of the archives: jdk-6-doc.zip jdk-6-doc-ja.zip (choose the non-update version if this is the first installation). Please visit http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/ now and download. The file should be owned by root.root and be copied to /tmp. [Press RETURN to try again, 'no' + RETURN to abort] no Abort installation of JDK documentation dpkg: error processing sun-java6-doc (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 invoke-rc.d: initscript timidity, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing timidity (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Processing triggers for menu ... Errors were encountered while processing: sun-java6-doc timidity E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) /usr/bin/deborphan: The status file is in an improper state. One or more packages are marked as half-installed, half-configured, unpacked, triggers-awaited or triggers-pending. Exiting. /usr/bin/deborphan: The status file is in an improper state. One or more packages are marked as half-installed, half-configured, unpacked, triggers-awaited or triggers-pending. Exiting. /usr/bin/deborphan: The status file is in an improper state. One or more packages are marked as half-installed, half-configured, unpacked, triggers-awaited or triggers-pending. Exiting. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk", line 35, in gtk.gdk.threads_init() SystemError: error return without exception set Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk", line 35, in gtk.gdk.threads_init() SystemError: error return without exception set /usr/bin/deborphan: The status file is in an improper state. One or more packages are marked as half-installed, half-configured, unpacked, triggers-awaited or triggers-pending. Exiting. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk", line 35, in gtk.gdk.threads_init()