(Dapper) - password dialog freezes system

Gruneberg kaosboss at gmail.com
Mon Nov 28 18:27:15 UTC 2005


Jacek Rakowiecki wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-11-27 at 22:31 +0200, Gruneberg wrote:
>   
>> Upgraded to Dapper on a nuke and rebuild box.... Only issue I have is 
>> that everytime I need to input my password (Synaptic / Root terminal / 
>> networking-admin) the dialog box freezes the system and a hard reboot is 
>> needed.
>>     
> Have you tried Ctrl+Alt+F1 ?
>   
Jacek

Still stuck when i ctrl-alt-f7   ctrl-alt-backspace and relogging in 
clears it.
> What's your version of "gksu" package?
>   
don't know (how do I tell?) but did check my sources list, changed all 
to dapper, apt-get update skipped gksu, so forced the install and now 
all is well with the world.  Thanks for the heads up where to look.

Jean




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