Synaptic and dselect behaving oddly

[Nathan Sprangers]

Nathan Sprangers wrote:

> Michael Vogt wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 05:38:34PM -0500, Nathan Sprangers wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> Norman Silverstone wrote:
>>>   
>>
>> [..]
>>  
>>
>>>>> Oh, something else that's interesting, aptitude works fine - shows 
>>>>> everything, so I don't know what's up...
>>>>>
>>>>> ~Nathan
>>>>>
>>>>>  
>>>>>
>>>>>       
>>>>
>>>> Make sure that 'All' in the left hand panel is highlighted. It has
>>>> happened to me.
>>>>
>>>> Norman
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>
>>> Nothing changes when I select different sections or do a search 
>>> except that instead of saying 13151 packages listed it says a 
>>> different number - but still doesn't display them in the window! =)
>>>   
>>
>>
>> What version of ubuntu and synaptic are you running? Does that happens
>> on warty? or hoary? Does it help if you do (at a terminal):
>> $ sudo mv /root/.synaptic /root/.synaptic.old
>> and restart synaptic? If it helps, could you please send me the
>> content of the /root/synaptic.old directory?
>>
>> thanks,
>> Michael
>>
>
> Thanks!  That fixed it.  This was synaptic 0.53.4 on warty.  Here's 
> the content of the old directory (sorry if it's a bit long):
>
> options:
> ubuntu-calendar-december 1
>
> synaptic.conf:
> Synaptic "" {

<snip>

>  ShowAllPkgInfoInMain "true";


I think that's the culprit.  I set the "show package properties in main 
window" preference again and I had the same problem.  Can anyone 
reproduce this?
~Nathan