Jaunty Update Manager is broken

[Karl F. Larsen]

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NoOp wrote:
> On 06/09/2009 06:51 PM, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
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>> NoOp wrote:
>>> On 06/09/2009 01:53 PM, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
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>>>> 	First anything done right with the Terminal works fine. I just used the
>>>> Terminal to start the Synpatic File Manager and re-load the Update
>>>> Manager I had just killed. It doesn't work right because of the "root"
>>>> problem. I am on Jaunty now and have discovered what the problem is.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 	Any call that requires a user supply a password before you use the
>>>> application does not work. I have tried many times and the call to the
>>>> password panel just times out and your effort dies.
>>>>
>>>> 	Does this ring a bell with anyone? I am thinking but nothing pops up.
>>> It does... can you please report on the results of these commands?
>>>
>>> Wait 16 minutes and try:
>>>
>>> $ gksu update-manager
>>>
>>> Did it prompt you for a password?
>>>
>>> Remember that once you've entered your password, sudo, gksu, etc., will
>>> not prompt you again for at least the default of 15 minutes.
>> karl at Jaunty:~$  gksu update-manager
>> ^C
>> karl at Jaunty:~$ sudo update-manager
>> sudo: unable to resolve host Jaunty
>> [sudo] password for karl:
>> karl at Jaunty:~$
>>
>> gksu did nothing. sudo asked for password and then the update manager
>> came up fresh and nice.
> 
> Please post the output of:
> 
> $ cat /etc/hosts
> 
> 
karl at Jaunty:~$ cat /ect/hosts
cat: /ect/hosts: No such file or directory
karl at Jaunty:~$  /etc/hosts
bash: /etc/hosts: Permission denied
karl at Jaunty:~$ cd /etc
karl at Jaunty:/etc$ more hosts
127.0.0.1	localhost
127.0.1.1	Mycrap

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1     ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
karl at Jaunty:/etc$

73 Karl


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	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
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