On Friday 18 September 2009 01:52:48 am Frank Mehnert wrote: > Bruce, > > On Thursday 17 September 2009, Bruce MacArthur wrote: > > I have just taken the http://download... link offered above. Because I > > am running Kubuntu Jaunty as a 32-bit system, I chose the next-to- last > > (Ubuntu Jaunty x86) option. Next I chose to use KpackageKit. The product > > downloaded quickly. Eventually, I was asked if I want to install, and I > > chose the Install option. > > > > Now I have three dialogue boxes on my screen. The title-bar of the first > > says "Installing file - KPackageKit". There is a large bold "Finished" > > message immediately above what I would normally consider to be a > > "progress meter". It has a large blue button which is simply going > > back-and-forth along the "meter" area. The button-options (below the > > "meter") are "Details", "Hide", and "Cancel"; "Hide" is active. > > > > The title-bar of the second dialogue box says "An internal system error > > has occurred - KPackageKit". There is a warning symbol (exclamation- mark > > within triangle), the message "A problem that we were not expecting has > > occurred. Please report this bug with the error description." There are > > two buttons -- "Details" and "OK". When I tried "Details" -- to make > > this report more usable! -- my system "hung"; I lost ALL control, and > > NOTHING would happen! > > > > The final dialogue box simply declared that "An error has occurred." And > > it covered-up the other two! > > > > I would very much appreciate instructions for getting VirtualBox 3.0.6 > > to install and work correctly on my system -- and will gladly try to > > provide whatever additional information is requested by anyone who can > > assist. THANKS for your time with this message!!! > > Well, I'm not sure what went wrong with your installation. You can > try to fix the installation by doing > > sudo dpkg --configure --pending > > Make sure you terminated the kpackagekit manager before you try this. > Then post the output of this command. > > Kind regards, > > Frank > -- > Dr.-Ing. Frank Mehnert > > Sitz der Gesellschaft: > Sun Microsystems GmbH, Sonnenallee 1, 85551 Kirchheim-Heimstetten > Amtsgericht München: HRB 161028 > Geschäftsführer: Thomas Schröder, Wolfgang Engels, Wolf Frenkel > Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Martin Häring > Hello, Frank -- I used "top" to ensure that kpackagekit (and manager) are NOT running. I carefully entered the command "sudo dpkg --configure --pending" and tapped <Enter>. Unfortunately, there is NO output -- I simply get another prompt. I'm afraid it is difficult for me to be any too helpful to you! Is there anything else I can try?
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