Michael:

thank You for your help on this matter but I am afraid I corrected the problem by reformating my computer with Ubuntu 8.10 again.
If the problem shows itself again I will apply Your fix and let You know if it helps.

I had no idea that someone would be responding to this bug so quickly, I asked for help from the Ubuntu forum but no luck there so I just reformated, next time I get a bug I will be sure to wait a while before I go to that extreme.

Kind Regards
Windy


> Michael Vogt <email address hidden> wrote:
> 
> ** Description changed:
> 
> + The bug in the xine update triggers a bug in dpkg.
> + 
> + If you encountered this problem and dpkg is refusing to install/remove
> + package now (sudo dpkg --configure -a no longer working), please try 
> the
> + following and let me know if that fixes the problem:
> + 
> + 1.     wget 
> https://edge.launchpad.net/%7Emvo/+archive/ppa/+files/dpkg_1.14.20ubuntu6
> .1_i386.deb
> + 2.     dpkg -i dpkg_1.14.20ubuntu6.1_i386.deb
> + - verify that it installs correctly and runs some pending trigger 
> actions
> + - run "sudo dpkg --configure -a" and verify that this works without 
> error
> + 
> + Please let me know if that fixes the issue for you. The dpkg bug is 
> described here:
> + https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/323894
> + 
> + 
>   Crashed when updating
>   
>   ProblemType: Package
>   Architecture: i386
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
>   ErrorMessage: paketet libgtk2.0-dev är inte redo för att 
> konfigureras
>   NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
>   Package: libgtk2.0-dev 2.14.4-0ubuntu2
>   SourcePackage: gtk+2.0
>   Title: package libgtk2.0-dev 2.14.4-0ubuntu2 failed to 
> install/upgrade: paketet libgtk2.0-dev är inte redo för att 
> konfigureras
>   Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic i686
> 
> -- 
> package libgtk2.0-dev 2.14.4-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: paketet 
> libgtk2.0-dev är inte redo för att konfigureras
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/323073
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug.
> 
> Status in “xine-lib� source package in Ubuntu: New
> 
> Bug description:
> The bug in the xine update triggers a bug in dpkg.
> 
> If you encountered this problem and dpkg is refusing to install/remove 
> package now (sudo dpkg --configure -a no longer working), please try the 
> following and let me know if that fixes the problem:
> 
> 1.     wget 
> https://edge.launchpad.net/%7Emvo/+archive/ppa/+files/dpkg_1.14.20ubuntu6
> .1_i386.deb
> 2.     dpkg -i dpkg_1.14.20ubuntu6.1_i386.deb
> - verify that it installs correctly and runs some pending trigger 
> actions
> - run "sudo dpkg --configure -a" and verify that this works without 
> error
> 
> Please let me know if that fixes the issue for you. The dpkg bug is 
> described here:
> https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/323894
> 
> 
> Crashed when updating
> 
> ProblemType: Package
> Architecture: i386
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
> ErrorMessage: paketet libgtk2.0-dev är inte redo för att konfigureras
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Package: libgtk2.0-dev 2.14.4-0ubuntu2
> SourcePackage: gtk+2.0
> Title: package libgtk2.0-dev 2.14.4-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: 
> paketet libgtk2.0-dev är inte redo för att konfigureras
> Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic i686