Comment 0 for bug 213283

Hady Beta

since update to kernel 2.6.15 neither synaptic nor update-manager can be launched from the main menu.
Seems that gksu is unable to ask for passphrase, because also in a x-term the command 'gksu synaptic' does not work.

The applications themselfs work properly:
in a root-terminal (I got a true root-account here) I can call synaptic and update-manager and they work properly.

root@pp:/home/ingo# apt-cache policy gksu
gksu:
  Installiert:2.0.0-5ubuntu2
  Mögliche Pakete:2.0.0-5ubuntu2
  Versions-Tabelle:
 *** 2.0.0-5ubuntu2 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status