trying to restart metacity after the crash via ssh resulted in an error message along the lines of: could not load theme ambiance format for image file could not be determined
later, when more packages of the upgrade were installed, the restart of metacity became possible again btw. the desktop running was gnome-classic (not unity) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1002495 Title: windowmanager (metacity) crashed during upgrade to precise To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/1002495/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs