1. I haven't installed a local package 3. There is no /usr/local/lib/python2.4 directory on my system. 4. The problem remained after 'sudo aptitude reinstall deskbar-applet' 5. According to synaptics the installed version is 2.17.91-0ubuntu3 (feisty) 6. Last night it was still working, I ran update-manager, and upgraded to 2.17.91-0ubuntu3 7. I rebooted to see what all updates did 8. It stopped working
To quote you "the /usr/local version is not coming from an Ubuntu package" .. i think it is .. perhaps this is related to my problem? The only non-ubuntu repository I use is: deb http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org feisty main I have not installed software from any other repository... -- Latest package-update (2.17.91-0ubuntu3) on Feisty destroys all functionality https://launchpad.net/bugs/86681 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs