I'm also experiencing this bug on Intrepid beta. I cannot launch synaptic or other programs from the menu. However, I can still launch these programs using gksudo or gksu from gnome-terminal WITHOUT INPUT PASSWORD.
Syslog entry: Oct 4 15:53:46 larry-laptop kernel: [ 297.198019] gksu[7675]: segfault at 7fb7841d3008 ip 00007fb78db8f538 sp 00007fff95fb2b10 error 4 in libgksu2.so.0.0.2[7fb78db82000+11000] auth.log entry: Oct 4 15:53:46 larry-laptop sudo: pam_unix(sudo:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty= ruser= rhost= user=larry When I use gksuo or gksu from gnome-terminal, the auth.log entry: Oct 4 15:58:21 larry-laptop sudo: larry : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/larry ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/sbin/synaptic -- gksu[6457]: segfault at 7fc11dc19008 ip 00007fc12899a538 sp 00007fff30dbb9d0 error 4 in libgksu2.so.0.0.2[7fc12898d000+11000] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/275044 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
