auto-updates had just, or was just finishing, updating to slocate 3.1-1ubuntu0.1 and ekiga 2.0.3-0ubuntu3.1.
/var/log/syslog around that time: Feb 22 08:17:59 mgrpc2 gconfd (root-25760): starting (version 2.16.0), pid 25760 user 'root' Feb 22 08:17:59 mgrpc2 gconfd (root-25760): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only configuration source at position 0 Feb 22 08:17:59 mgrpc2 gconfd (root-25760): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/root/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at position 1 Feb 22 08:17:59 mgrpc2 gconfd (root-25760): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 2 Feb 22 08:17:59 mgrpc2 gconfd (root-25760): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/var/lib/gconf/debian.defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 3 Feb 22 08:17:59 mgrpc2 gconfd (root-25760): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/var/lib/gconf/defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 4 Feb 22 08:18:10 mgrpc2 gconfd (root-25760): Exiting Feb 22 08:18:45 mgrpc2 gconfd (mgr-5422): SIGHUP received, reloading all databases Feb 22 08:18:45 mgrpc2 gconfd (mgr-5422): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only configuration source at position 0 Feb 22 08:18:45 mgrpc2 gconfd (mgr-5422): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/home/mgr/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at position 1 Feb 22 08:18:45 mgrpc2 gconfd (mgr-5422): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 2 Feb 22 08:18:45 mgrpc2 gconfd (mgr-5422): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/var/lib/gconf/debian.defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 3 Feb 22 08:18:45 mgrpc2 gconfd (mgr-5422): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/var/lib/gconf/defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 4 I think I was typing text in eclipse when it happened. ** Attachment added: "crash dump" http://librarian.launchpad.net/6496693/_usr_lib_firefox_firefox-bin.1000.crash -- Firefox crashed in background while working with an other application https://launchpad.net/bugs/84342 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs