Comment 13 for bug 174570

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pitwalker (pitwalker) wrote :

This problem is exists only under Gnome or Failsafe Gnome sessions.
When run under desktop user or root (gksu /usr/bin/synaptic).

Quick solve:
-create new desktop user
-delete the settings from /home/username/.gconf/desktop/gnome
(the exact place is currently unknown for me)

((correction: /root/.synaptic/synaptic.conf))