[10.10] Impossible to open Synaptic or SoftwareSources

Bug #604301 reported by YannUbuntu
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: synaptic

Maverick daily installed yesterday, I installed ubuntu-desktop, and I updated.

When I try to open Synaptic or Software Sources via the System->Administration menu, a strange window appears (see attached screenshot) asking my password, but my password does not work.

I checked the command in Alacarte: it seems to be the same command as in Lucid (starts by gksu).

If I try the same command but changing gksu into gksudo, the "normal" window (asking the password) appears, and accepts my password.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: synaptic 0.63.1ubuntu12
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-7.12-generic 2.6.35-rc4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-7-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Jul 11 23:27:41 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha i386 (20100709)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: synaptic

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YannUbuntu (yannubuntu) wrote :
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theghost (theghost) wrote :

Same here on my 10.10 System.

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ToniBoni88 (toniboni88) wrote :

Same problem.
I've Ubuntu Server 10.10 32bit and 64bit.

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Mwaba Chisenga (shannon-chisenga) wrote :

Simply enable the root account by setting the root password. and then launching synaptic again, it worked for me on 64bit server

# passwd root

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Robert Roth (evfool) wrote :

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Maverick reached EOL on April 10, 2012.
Please see this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

I've tried recreating this bug with Precise and was unable to, given the information you've provided. Please either a) upgrade and test or b) increase the verbosity of the steps to recreate it so we can try again.

Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

Changed in synaptic (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for synaptic (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in synaptic (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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