On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 03:38:17PM +1000, danni wrote: > Yeah I am able to reproduce these results more testing has revealed the > following. > > Synaptic will not start with either kdesu or gksu so I don't think these have > anything to with it. > I can use synaptic as root only if I start using startx, startkde instead of > logging in with kdm or gdm (haven't tried xdm). I have done a complete > removal of both gdm and kdm (reinstalling kdm of course). But the problem > still persists.
Please login with gdm (or kdm) and open a termianl. Then run: "gksu id" and paste the output there. Also run "gksu /usr/sbin/synaptic" and tell me if that works/fails and what the output is. Thanks, Michael -- Linux is not The Answer. Yes is the answer. Linux is The Question. - Neo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

