Upgrading Woes

[Amichai Rotman]

Hello Again,

Apparently I wasn't clear enough...

It has nothing to do with my password. Before the upgrade, if I wanted to
install an app using the Ubuntu Software Center, I'd do the following:
1. I wold press the meta key and get the unity menu.
2. I'd start writing something for the app name, say - Ubuntu software
center.
3. I'd get the icon, click it and after choosing an app and clicking the
Install button,
4. I'd get a prompt for the root password (gksu)
5. After entering it, the app would be installed.

After the upgrade, nothing happens when I click the Install button in step
4. I have to start the Software center from the command line, either with
sudo or gksu.

Is this a bug with the upgrade?

Thanks,

Amichai.

On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 17:28, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:

> On 15 October 2011 13:19, Amichai Rotman <amichai at iglu.org.il> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I went on and upgraded my Natty to Oneiric. Among other problems,
> whenever I
> > run a program that requires root privileges, it does start, but without
> > asking for the root password. For example: Software Sources, Software
> > Center...
> > So, when I click on the install, nothing happens - instead of popping the
> > GkSu prompt for the root password...
> > I was never ever, even once, successful with an OS version upgrade, but I
> > always try to give it a chance... This time, nearly the end of the
> process,
> > the display went semi transparent, the mouse core pointer was normally
> > usable but I couldn't choose any element, so when it got to asking me if
> I
> > want to remove the unneeded programs, I couldn't answer and had to kill
> the
> > X server. I ran apt-get update, upgrade and dist-upgrade - all went well.
> > lsb_release shows the correct version.
> > I cannot re-enable the 3rd party PPAs, even with running the Software
> > Sources app from CLI (sudo software-properties-gtk).
>
> Probably nothing to do with your problem but if you want to run "sudo"
> on a graphical app you must use gksu, so it should be
> gksu software-properties-gtk
>
> Colin
>
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