Re: Problem with Synaptic

2021-11-13 Thread Brian
On Sat 13 Nov 2021 at 11:50:00 -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > On 11/13/2021 11:33 AM, Brian wrote: > > Eduardo M KALINOWSKI provided what looks like a useful link. Any help > > there? > > > I am certainly embarrassed. Solution #1 of the 6 in that link solved the > problem. Very satisfying.

Re: Problem with Synaptic

2021-11-13 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
On 11/13/2021 11:33 AM, Brian wrote: On Sat 13 Nov 2021 at 09:53:41 -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: On 11/12/2021 02:01 PM, Brian wrote: On Fri 12 Nov 2021 at 07:30:36 -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: On 11/11/2021 03:11 PM, Brian wrote: On Thu 11 Nov 2021 at 14:34:20 -0500, Stephen P.

Re: Problem with Synaptic

2021-11-13 Thread Brian
On Sat 13 Nov 2021 at 09:53:41 -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > On 11/12/2021 02:01 PM, Brian wrote: > > On Fri 12 Nov 2021 at 07:30:36 -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > > > > > > On 11/11/2021 03:11 PM, Brian wrote: > > > > On Thu 11 Nov 2021 at 14:34:20 -0500, Stephen P. Molnar

Re: Problem with Synaptic

2021-11-13 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
On 11/12/2021 02:01 PM, Brian wrote: On Fri 12 Nov 2021 at 07:30:36 -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: On 11/11/2021 03:11 PM, Brian wrote: On Thu 11 Nov 2021 at 14:34:20 -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: On 11/11/2021 02:06 PM, Brian wrote: On Thu 11 Nov 2021 at 12:38:33 -0500, Stephen P.

Re: Problem with Synaptic

2021-11-12 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 12 November 2021 13:38:48 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 08:19:15AM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Friday 12 November 2021 07:36:01 Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > > > On 12/11/2021 09:30, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > > This is the immediate problem that I need to

Re: Problem with Synaptic

2021-11-12 Thread Brian
On Fri 12 Nov 2021 at 07:30:36 -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > On 11/11/2021 03:11 PM, Brian wrote: > > On Thu 11 Nov 2021 at 14:34:20 -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > > > > > > On 11/11/2021 02:06 PM, Brian wrote: > > > > On Thu 11 Nov 2021 at 12:38:33 -0500, Stephen P. Molnar

Re: Problem with Synaptic

2021-11-12 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 08:19:15AM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 12 November 2021 07:36:01 Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > > > On 12/11/2021 09:30, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > This is the immediate problem that I need to fix: > > > > > > comp@AbNormal:~$ sudo apt upgrade > > > Reading

Re: Problem with Synaptic

2021-11-12 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On 12/11/2021 10:02, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: Try downloading it again (since it's not part of the archives, it must be downloaded manually) and running 'apt install ./brscan4-..deb' (substituting the actual file name, naturally). The './' is necessary to tell apt it's a file name. I

Re: Problem with Synaptic

2021-11-12 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 12 November 2021 07:36:01 Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > On 12/11/2021 09:30, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > This is the immediate problem that I need to fix: > > > > comp@AbNormal:~$ sudo apt upgrade > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree > > Reading state

Re: Problem with Synaptic

2021-11-12 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 12 November 2021 07:30:36 Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > On 11/11/2021 03:11 PM, Brian wrote: > > On Thu 11 Nov 2021 at 14:34:20 -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > >> On 11/11/2021 02:06 PM, Brian wrote: > >>> On Thu 11 Nov 2021 at 12:38:33 -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > I am running

Re: Problem with Synaptic

2021-11-12 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
On 11/12/2021 07:36 AM, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: On 12/11/2021 09:30, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: This is the immediate problem that I need to fix: comp@AbNormal:~$ sudo apt upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: The package

Re: Problem with Synaptic

2021-11-12 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On 12/11/2021 09:30, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: This is the immediate problem that I need to fix: comp@AbNormal:~$ sudo apt upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: The package brscan4 needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive

Re: Problem with Synaptic

2021-11-12 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
On 11/11/2021 03:11 PM, Brian wrote: On Thu 11 Nov 2021 at 14:34:20 -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: On 11/11/2021 02:06 PM, Brian wrote: On Thu 11 Nov 2021 at 12:38:33 -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: I am running buster on my Linux platform. I have installed a new Brother Laser print

Re: Problem with Synaptic

2021-11-11 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
On 11/11/2021 03:11 PM, Brian wrote: On Thu 11 Nov 2021 at 14:34:20 -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: On 11/11/2021 02:06 PM, Brian wrote: On Thu 11 Nov 2021 at 12:38:33 -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: I am running buster on my Linux platform. I have installed a new Brother Laser print

Re: Problem with Synaptic

2021-11-11 Thread Brian
On Thu 11 Nov 2021 at 14:34:20 -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > On 11/11/2021 02:06 PM, Brian wrote: > > On Thu 11 Nov 2021 at 12:38:33 -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > > > I am running buster on my Linux platform. > > > > > > I have installed a new Brother Laser print using the

Re: Problem with Synaptic

2021-11-11 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
On 11/11/2021 02:06 PM, Brian wrote: On Thu 11 Nov 2021 at 12:38:33 -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: I am running buster on my Linux platform. I have installed a new Brother Laser print using the current Brother Linux installer. The MFC-L2710DW is a modern device and is completely

Re: Problem with Synaptic

2021-11-11 Thread Brian
On Thu 11 Nov 2021 at 12:38:33 -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > I am running buster on my Linux platform. > > I have installed a new Brother Laser print using the current Brother > Linux installer. The MFC-L2710DW is a modern device and is completely supported by packages shipped with Debian

Re: Problem with Synaptic

2021-11-11 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
On 11/11/2021 01:12 PM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 12:38:33PM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: I am running buster on my Linux platform. Perhaps consider updating to Bullseye (Debian 11) as the latest stable version. Printer driver support has been improved and many

Re: Problem with Synaptic

2021-11-11 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 12:38:33PM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > I am running buster on my Linux platform. > Perhaps consider updating to Bullseye (Debian 11) as the latest stable version. Printer driver support has been improved and many printers now run "driverless" and work out of the

Re: Problem with Synaptic in Wheezy/Testing

2013-03-13 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 08:48:55AM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: Synaptic 0.75.12 in 64 bit Wheezy/Testing This is a new installation (several days ago). Up until yesterday I could open Synaptic as a user from the pull down System/Synaptic Package Manager. This morning that route

Re: Problem of Synaptic

2006-08-18 Thread Weakish Jiang
I don't know why. But you may try type sudo synaptic in the terminal. loveboy wrote: * Hi, When i used Synaptic to upgrade my software, i got the error: Failed to run /usr/sbin/synaptic as user root. Failed to communicate with gksu-run-helper. Received: Could not connect to database