I had the exact same problem and I could fix it just as the description says.
I think it should be noted that in order to find and install all of those packages, universe and multiverse repositories should be added, perhaps restricted too. I know it's a silly detail but it might help someone. As to narrowing down the problem. It happened to me because I got the flash player to work on Ubuntu 7.04 in a way that was not compatible with ubuntu 7.10 -- firefox hangs without certain packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/154164 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