It seems I may just be in trouble then. From your command I got : E:dpkg failed to load, you need to manually run "dpkg --configure -a" to correct the problem.
After running this I'm told that this operation requires superuser privileges (after logging in with password & all) I don't fancy a complete reinstall, but it seems my only option. At least I have a spare hard drive, I just have to figure out how to transfer my recorded shows between them...... Many thanks to all those who tried to help. Glenrock -- Mythbuntu 8.04 Installer crash: :"Failed to load HAL" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/252209 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs