Comment 4 for bug 237025

On Tue, 2008-06-03 at 11:19 +0000, Pete Goodall wrote:
> Yes, I am using Compiz. I ran `sudo update-manager` from the command-
> line and when I click on [ Install Updates ] I get the proper window
> that shows me what operations it will perform, rather than just being
> returned to the available updates dialog. I did not run the update, so
> that I could continue to test. However, I can update one package if you
> think that is necessary.
>
> I then tried running `gksu update-manager`, but since I just used sudo I
> did not get a pw prompt. I will wait for the sudo timeout and will try
> again with gksu, as I'm wondering if it is that pw prompt that might be
> the problem.
>
> Per your request my ~/.xsession-errors is attached.

Hi,

Thanks for the extra information.

'update-manager' itself doesn't run as root normally, so could
you test running plain 'update-manager' from a terminal?

Your ~/.xsession-errors doesn't have anything obviously related,
so I haven't got any more suggestions to give from that.

Thanks,

James