Synaptic Package Manager fails

[Jay Ridgley]

On 04/01/2013 03:04 AM, Colin Law wrote:
> 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
>
I am running 12.04.2 LTS w/Cinnamon Desktop

Sorry should have been part of OP

Jay

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