Comment 7 for bug 12461

(In reply to comment #6)
> The problem persists despite deleting the directory. The problem persists
> despite the method used to invoke synaptic (as sudo -s or through the panel's
menu).
> The permissions of my root's home directory are
> drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 4.0K Feb 4 19:46 root
>
> I know I removed the directory properly because on start up synaptic warned me
> about running it frequently for updates.
>
> The permissions of the synaptic directory are
> drwx------ 2 root root 4.0K Feb 4 19:47 .synaptic
>
> What a strange bug.

Indeed! What machine do you run synaptic on? Is it a i386 or some other
architecture? What do you see if you mointor the file
/root/.synaptic/perferences when locking/unlocking.

Thanks,
 Michael