This seems to be solved now with the latest upgrade to adept 2.1.2ubuntu19 packages.
** Changed in: adept (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- Adept Manager crashes around "reading state information" -- possibly related to CreatePkgParser? https://launchpad.net/bugs/88256 -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs