>No it wont work for me. the terminal window log is as follows

>rsp@DELL-1710:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure firebird2.1-super
>[sudo] password for rsp:

I'm sorry to ask this, but you are entering the correct password here?

I've done four more clean installs today and it's got simpler each time. Is
it on a clean Kubuntu 9.10 install from CD?

Tomorrow I'll try it on super and let you know.

Regards

Steve