Thanks for your bugreport.
The problem here is that synaptic runs as root (via sudo/gksudo) whereas the toolsbar settings are part of the users gconf settings. When synaptic runs as root it has no access to the users gconf settings.
Thanks for your bugreport.
The problem here is that synaptic runs as root (via sudo/gksudo) whereas the
toolsbar settings are part of the users gconf settings. When synaptic runs as
root it has no access to the users gconf settings.