I am using Feisty and am having a similar problem. Adept repeatedly does not start the first time from the K menu or the auto notifier. It will work if I try it again. When it fails to start it also fails to bring up the password window. This is how I judge if it is going to work.
-- [Dapper] Adept won't start -- many defunct adept processes https://launchpad.net/bugs/63036 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
