The crash you posted is from gnome-panel, not man-db or troff ... It's not clear why a reboot should fix it up. I suspect your filesystem is damaged in some way; check your system logs.
** Changed in: groff (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: man-db => groff -- Cannot access any man pages anymore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/129131 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs