I just installed tuxmath and tuxtype. I did not have a problem with either one. I also tried tuxpaint for about 15 minutes without any segmentation faults. I did update the OS with aptitude. Here is what I did on the command line: jack@ubuntu:~$ sudo aptitude update [sudo] password for jack: Writing extended state information... Done Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security Release.gpg [189B] Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Translation-en_US Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/restricted Translation-en_US Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Translation-en_US Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Translation-en_US Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security Release [49.6kB] Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Packages [48.8kB] Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty Release.gpg Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Translation-en_US Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Translation-en_US Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Translation-en_US Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Translation-en_US Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates Release.gpg [189B] Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Translation-en_US Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/restricted Translation-en_US Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Translation-en_US Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty Release Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates Release [49.6kB] Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/restricted Packages [2092B] Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Packages Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Sources Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Sources Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Sources Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Packages Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Sources Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Sources [14.8kB] Get:8 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Packages [102kB] Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/restricted Sources [611B] Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Packages [12.1kB] Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Sources [2888B] Get:12 http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Packages [14B] Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Sources [14B] Get:14 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/restricted Packages [2092B] Get:15 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Sources [33.6kB] Get:16 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/restricted Sources [611B] Get:17 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Packages [29.0kB] Get:18 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Sources [8659B] Get:19 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Packages [675B] Get:20 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Sources [639B] Fetched 358kB in 5s (66.2kB/s) Reading package lists... Done Current status: 27 updates [+27], 25934 new [+1]. jack@ubuntu:~$ sudo aptitude safe-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done The following packages will be upgraded: cups cups-bsd cups-client cups-common language-selector language-selector-common libcompress-raw-zlib-perl libcups2 libcupsimage2 libperl5.10 libpoppler-glib4 libpoppler4 libpurple-bin libpurple0 libxi6 linux-headers-2.6.28-13 linux-headers-2.6.28-13-generic linux-image-2.6.28-13-generic linux-libc-dev lsb-base lsb-release perl perl-base perl-modules pidgin pidgin-data poppler-utils 27 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 52.0MB of archives. After unpacking 45.1kB will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y Writing extended state information... Done Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main perl-modules 5.10.0-19ubuntu1.1 [3182kB] Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main perl 5.10.0-19ubuntu1.1 [4541kB] Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main libperl5.10 5.10.0-19ubuntu1.1 [628kB] Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main perl-base 5.10.0-19ubuntu1.1 [969kB] Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main linux-image-2.6.28-13-generic 2.6.28-13.45 [24.6MB] Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main lsb-base 4.0-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 [24.4kB] Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main lsb-release 4.0-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 [23.9kB] Get:8 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main libcups2 1.3.9-17ubuntu3.2 [174kB] Get:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main libcupsimage2 1.3.9-17ubuntu3.2 [51.5kB] Get:10 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main libpoppler4 0.10.5-1ubuntu2.2 [686kB] Get:11 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main poppler-utils 0.10.5-1ubuntu2.2 [75.1kB] Get:12 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main cups-common 1.3.9-17ubuntu3.2 [1165kB] Get:13 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main cups 1.3.9-17ubuntu3.2 [2135kB] Get:14 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main cups-bsd 1.3.9-17ubuntu3.2 [36.2kB] Get:15 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main cups-client 1.3.9-17ubuntu3.2 [115kB] Get:16 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main language-selector 0.4.2.3 [29.7kB] Get:17 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main language-selector-common 0.4.2.3 [38.1kB] Get:18 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main libcompress-raw-zlib-perl 2.015-1ubuntu0.1 [57.1kB] Get:19 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main libpoppler-glib4 0.10.5-1ubuntu2.2 [61.5kB] Get:20 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main libpurple-bin 1:2.5.5-1ubuntu8.2 [97.4kB] Get:21 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main pidgin-data 1:2.5.5-1ubuntu8.2 [1151kB] Get:22 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main libpurple0 1:2.5.5-1ubuntu8.2 [1553kB] Get:23 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main libxi6 2:1.2.0-1ubuntu1.1 [27.8kB] Get:24 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main linux-headers-2.6.28-13 2.6.28-13.45 [8694kB] Get:25 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main linux-headers-2.6.28-13-generic 2.6.28-13.45 [668kB] Get:26 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main linux-libc-dev 2.6.28-13.45 [761kB] Get:27 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main pidgin 1:2.5.5-1ubuntu8.2 [519kB] Fetched 52.0MB in 2min 39s (327kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 124874 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace perl-modules 5.10.0-19ubuntu1 (using .../perl-modules_5.10.0-19ubuntu1.1_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement perl-modules ... Preparing to replace perl 5.10.0-19ubuntu1 (using .../perl_5.10.0-19ubuntu1.1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement perl ... Preparing to replace libperl5.10 5.10.0-19ubuntu1 (using .../libperl5.10_5.10.0-19ubuntu1.1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libperl5.10 ... Preparing to replace perl-base 5.10.0-19ubuntu1 (using .../perl-base_5.10.0-19ubuntu1.1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement perl-base ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up perl-base (5.10.0-19ubuntu1.1) ... (Reading database ... 124874 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace linux-image-2.6.28-13-generic 2.6.28-13.44 (using .../linux-image-2.6.28-13-generic_2.6.28-13.45_i386.deb) ... Done. Unpacking replacement linux-image-2.6.28-13-generic ... Running postrm hook script /sbin/update-grub. Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ... Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.28-13-generic Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic Found kernel: /memtest86+.bin Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done Preparing to replace lsb-base 3.2-20ubuntu4 (using .../lsb-base_4.0-0ubuntu0.9.04.1_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement lsb-base ... Setting up lsb-base (4.0-0ubuntu0.9.04.1) ... (Reading database ... 124874 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace lsb-release 3.2-20ubuntu4 (using .../lsb-release_4.0-0ubuntu0.9.04.1_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement lsb-release ... Preparing to replace libcups2 1.3.9-17ubuntu3.1 (using .../libcups2_1.3.9-17ubuntu3.2_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libcups2 ... Preparing to replace libcupsimage2 1.3.9-17ubuntu3.1 (using .../libcupsimage2_1.3.9-17ubuntu3.2_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libcupsimage2 ... Preparing to replace libpoppler4 0.10.5-1ubuntu2 (using .../libpoppler4_0.10.5-1ubuntu2.2_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libpoppler4 ... Preparing to replace poppler-utils 0.10.5-1ubuntu2 (using .../poppler-utils_0.10.5-1ubuntu2.2_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement poppler-utils ... Preparing to replace cups-common 1.3.9-17ubuntu3.1 (using .../cups-common_1.3.9-17ubuntu3.2_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement cups-common ... Preparing to replace cups 1.3.9-17ubuntu3.1 (using .../cups_1.3.9-17ubuntu3.2_i386.deb) ... * Stopping Common Unix Printing System: cupsd [ OK ] Unpacking replacement cups ... Preparing to replace cups-bsd 1.3.9-17ubuntu3.1 (using .../cups-bsd_1.3.9-17ubuntu3.2_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement cups-bsd ... Preparing to replace cups-client 1.3.9-17ubuntu3.1 (using .../cups-client_1.3.9-17ubuntu3.2_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement cups-client ... Preparing to replace language-selector 0.4.2.2 (using .../language-selector_0.4.2.3_all.deb) ... INFO: using unknown version '/usr/bin/python3.0' (debian_defaults not up-to-date?) Unpacking replacement language-selector ... Preparing to replace language-selector-common 0.4.2.2 (using .../language-selector-common_0.4.2.3_all.deb) ... INFO: using unknown version '/usr/bin/python3.0' (debian_defaults not up-to-date?) Unpacking replacement language-selector-common ... Preparing to replace libcompress-raw-zlib-perl 2.015-1 (using .../libcompress-raw-zlib-perl_2.015-1ubuntu0.1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libcompress-raw-zlib-perl ... Preparing to replace libpoppler-glib4 0.10.5-1ubuntu2 (using .../libpoppler-glib4_0.10.5-1ubuntu2.2_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libpoppler-glib4 ... Preparing to replace libpurple-bin 1:2.5.5-1ubuntu8.1 (using .../libpurple-bin_1%3a2.5.5-1ubuntu8.2_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libpurple-bin ... Preparing to replace pidgin-data 1:2.5.5-1ubuntu8.1 (using .../pidgin-data_1%3a2.5.5-1ubuntu8.2_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement pidgin-data ... Preparing to replace libpurple0 1:2.5.5-1ubuntu8.1 (using .../libpurple0_1%3a2.5.5-1ubuntu8.2_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libpurple0 ... Preparing to replace libxi6 2:1.2.0-1ubuntu1 (using .../libxi6_2%3a1.2.0-1ubuntu1.1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libxi6 ... Preparing to replace linux-headers-2.6.28-13 2.6.28-13.44 (using .../linux-headers-2.6.28-13_2.6.28-13.45_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement linux-headers-2.6.28-13 ... Preparing to replace linux-headers-2.6.28-13-generic 2.6.28-13.44 (using .../linux-headers-2.6.28-13-generic_2.6.28-13.45_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement linux-headers-2.6.28-13-generic ... Preparing to replace linux-libc-dev 2.6.28-13.44 (using .../linux-libc-dev_2.6.28-13.45_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement linux-libc-dev ... Preparing to replace pidgin 1:2.5.5-1ubuntu8.1 (using .../pidgin_1%3a2.5.5-1ubuntu8.2_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement pidgin ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for doc-base ... Processing 1 changed doc-base file(s)... Registering documents with scrollkeeper... Processing triggers for ufw ... Setting up libperl5.10 (5.10.0-19ubuntu1.1) ... Setting up linux-image-2.6.28-13-generic (2.6.28-13.45) ... Running depmod. update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-13-generic Not updating initrd symbolic links since we are being updated/reinstalled (2.6.28-13.44 was configured last, according to dpkg) Not updating image symbolic links since we are being updated/reinstalled (2.6.28-13.44 was configured last, according to dpkg) Running postinst hook script /sbin/update-grub. Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ... Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.28-13-generic Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic Found kernel: /memtest86+.bin Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d. run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common Setting up lsb-release (4.0-0ubuntu0.9.04.1) ... Setting up libcups2 (1.3.9-17ubuntu3.2) ... Setting up libcupsimage2 (1.3.9-17ubuntu3.2) ... Setting up libpoppler4 (0.10.5-1ubuntu2.2) ... Setting up poppler-utils (0.10.5-1ubuntu2.2) ... Setting up cups-common (1.3.9-17ubuntu3.2) ... Setting up cups-client (1.3.9-17ubuntu3.2) ... Setting up cups-bsd (1.3.9-17ubuntu3.2) ... Setting up language-selector-common (0.4.2.3) ... INFO: using unknown version '/usr/bin/python3.0' (debian_defaults not up-to-date?) Setting up language-selector (0.4.2.3) ... INFO: using unknown version '/usr/bin/python3.0' (debian_defaults not up-to-date?) Setting up libpoppler-glib4 (0.10.5-1ubuntu2.2) ... Setting up libpurple-bin (1:2.5.5-1ubuntu8.2) ... Setting up pidgin-data (1:2.5.5-1ubuntu8.2) ... Setting up libxi6 (2:1.2.0-1ubuntu1.1) ... Setting up linux-headers-2.6.28-13 (2.6.28-13.45) ... Setting up linux-headers-2.6.28-13-generic (2.6.28-13.45) ... Examining /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d. run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/nvidia-common Setting up linux-libc-dev (2.6.28-13.45) ... Setting up perl-modules (5.10.0-19ubuntu1.1) ... Setting up cups (1.3.9-17ubuntu3.2) ... * Reloading AppArmor profiles ... [ OK ] * Starting Common Unix Printing System: cupsd [ OK ] Setting up perl (5.10.0-19ubuntu1.1) ... Setting up libcompress-raw-zlib-perl (2.015-1ubuntu0.1) ... Setting up libpurple0 (1:2.5.5-1ubuntu8.2) ... Setting up pidgin (1:2.5.5-1ubuntu8.2) ... Processing triggers for libc6 ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Current status: 0 updates [-27]. jack@ubuntu:~$ sudo aptitude install tuxtype Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: ttf-sil-andika{a} ttf-sil-doulos{a} tuxtype tuxtype-data{a} 0 packages upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 6264kB of archives. After unpacking 10.1MB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y Writing extended state information... Done Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main ttf-sil-andika 1.0.basic-1 [119kB] Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main ttf-sil-doulos 4.104-1 [439kB] Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main tuxtype-data 1.5.17.dfsg1-3ubuntu2 [5627kB] Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main tuxtype 1.5.17.dfsg1-3ubuntu2 [78.9kB] Fetched 6264kB in 18s (337kB/s) Selecting previously deselected package ttf-sil-andika. (Reading database ... 124874 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking ttf-sil-andika (from .../ttf-sil-andika_1.0.basic-1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package ttf-sil-doulos. Unpacking ttf-sil-doulos (from .../ttf-sil-doulos_4.104-1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package tuxtype-data. Unpacking tuxtype-data (from .../tuxtype-data_1.5.17.dfsg1-3ubuntu2_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package tuxtype. Unpacking tuxtype (from .../tuxtype_1.5.17.dfsg1-3ubuntu2_i386.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up ttf-sil-andika (1.0.basic-1) ... Updating fontconfig cache for /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-sil-andika No CIDSupplement specified for Batang-Bold, defaulting to 0. No CIDSupplement specified for ZenHei, defaulting to 0. No CIDSupplement specified for BousungEG-Light-GB, defaulting to 0. No CIDSupplement specified for Dotum-Bold, defaulting to 0. No CIDSupplement specified for UMingCN, defaulting to 0. No CIDSupplement specified for Batang-Regular, defaulting to 0. No CIDSupplement specified for ShanHeiSun-Light, defaulting to 0. No CIDSupplement specified for Dotum-Regular, defaulting to 0. No CIDSupplement specified for ZenHei-CNS, defaulting to 0. No CIDSupplement specified for UKaiCN, defaulting to 0. Setting up ttf-sil-doulos (4.104-1) ... Updating fontconfig cache for /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-sil-doulos No CIDSupplement specified for Batang-Bold, defaulting to 0. No CIDSupplement specified for ZenHei, defaulting to 0. No CIDSupplement specified for BousungEG-Light-GB, defaulting to 0. No CIDSupplement specified for Dotum-Bold, defaulting to 0. No CIDSupplement specified for UMingCN, defaulting to 0. No CIDSupplement specified for Batang-Regular, defaulting to 0. No CIDSupplement specified for ShanHeiSun-Light, defaulting to 0. No CIDSupplement specified for Dotum-Regular, defaulting to 0. No CIDSupplement specified for ZenHei-CNS, defaulting to 0. No CIDSupplement specified for UKaiCN, defaulting to 0. Setting up tuxtype-data (1.5.17.dfsg1-3ubuntu2) ... Setting up tuxtype (1.5.17.dfsg1-3ubuntu2) ... Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Writing extended state information... Done jack@ubuntu:~$ sudo aptitude install tuxmath Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: tuxmath 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 4181kB of archives. After unpacking 6279kB will be used. Writing extended state information... Done Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main tuxmath 1.6.3-3 [4181kB] Fetched 4181kB in 14s (288kB/s) Selecting previously deselected package tuxmath. (Reading database ... 125464 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking tuxmath (from .../tuxmath_1.6.3-3_i386.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up tuxmath (1.6.3-3) ... Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Writing extended state information... Done jack@ubuntu:~$ ________________________________ From: Caroline Ford