It appears that the crash is triggered by is the small download GUI. Perhaps this ticket perhaps should be reassigned to the package delivering pygtk?.
I could work around this problem by starting the download of the Dropbox client without GUI like this: ==================================== kim@leon:~$ DISPLAY= dropbox update Dropbox is the easiest way to share and store your files online. Want to learn more? Head to https://www.dropbox.com/ Downloading Dropbox... 100% Unpacking Dropbox... 100% kim@leon:~$ ==================================== Regards, -- Kim Rydhof Thor Hansen Vadgårdsvej 3, 2. tv. 2860 Søborg Phone: +45 3091 2437 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org