Yes, I also have no internet connection - I only tried this once in Dapper and got a whole lot of errors, one of which I think was the above error. See https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/kubuntu- meta/+bug/70240 for specifics of Edgy's slightly different behaviour.
-- The error message: "The process for the system protocol died unexpectedly" triggers many problems, when logged in as graphical root in Kubuntu Dapper https://launchpad.net/bugs/49950 -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
