clicking on update-notifier twice gives ugly errors, then freezes the system

[Hidde Brugmans]

I clicked on update-notifier, but my full-screen always-on-top tvtime
application was on that vt.
so I went to another vt, and clicked on update-notifier (in the notification
area) again.

It gave two ugly errors about not finding mouse/keyboard, then froze my system.

Had to do a hard reboot. At this moment I see the icon, but it won't come up if
I click it.

My guess is that update-notifier is fine, since it seems to work.
update-manager however still doesn't work.

[Hidde Brugmans (hcbrugmans-deactivatedaccount)]

Hm. update-manager / synaptic won't come up if I start them from the notifier /
menu.
They work from a terminal tho

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Thanks for your bugreport.

This sounds like a problem with gksu. Can you please test (from the terminal):
$ gksudo /usr/sbin/synaptic
and tell me if that gives you a password prompt (and a working synaptic afterwards)?

Cheers,
 Michael

[Hidde Brugmans (hcbrugmans-deactivatedaccount)]

hidde@system:~$ gksudo /usr/sbin/synaptic

** (gksudo:28779): WARNING **: Lock found: /home/hidde/.gksu.lock. Exiting.
hidde@system:~$

[Hidde Brugmans (hcbrugmans-deactivatedaccount)]

(In reply to comment #3)
> hidde@system:~$ gksudo /usr/sbin/synaptic
>
> ** (gksudo:28779): WARNING **: Lock found: /home/hidde/.gksu.lock. Exiting.
> hidde@system:~$
>

Could you tell me how I can fix this?

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

(In reply to comment #4)
> (In reply to comment #3)
> > hidde@system:~$ gksudo /usr/sbin/synaptic
> >
> > ** (gksudo:28779): WARNING **: Lock found: /home/hidde/.gksu.lock. Exiting.
> > hidde@system:~$
> >
>
> Could you tell me how I can fix this?

Just deleting the file should do the trick. I'll improve the lock-file handling
of gksu to prevent this problem in the future.

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Fixed in the versin in hoary. The locking was rewritten. Please reopen this bug
if you still see problems.