Synaptic Package Manager fails

[Colin Law]

On 1 April 2013 11:31, Jay Ridgley <jridgley2 at austin.rr.com> wrote:
> 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

You might be better asking on a Cinnamon list as it appears to be
desktop manager issue rather than an Ubuntu issue.

Colin