Synaptic Package Manager fails

[Colin Law]

On 1 April 2013 00:41, Jay Ridgley <jridgley2 at austin.rr.com> wrote:
> On 03/31/2013 02:21 PM, Colin Law wrote:
>>
>> On 31 March 2013 20:17, Jay Ridgley <jridgley2 at austin.rr.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Folks,
>>>
>>> Where do I start looking to determine why Synaptic will not start?
>>>
>>> I click on Menu->Administration->Synaptic Package Manager and nothing
>>> happens...
>>>
>>> It is installed --
>>>
>>> which synaptic
>>> /usr/sbin/synaptic
>>
>>
>> What happens if, in a terminal, you do
>> gksu synaptic
>
> It works if I enter gksu synaptic from a terminal. First it asks for
> validation and then brings up the main panel.
>
> So, trying to run from the menu is the part that is broken. How to fix it?

Which version of ubuntu are you running?

Colin