I tracked this down to a network setting. I had set a domain name, but only run Windows as a workgroup. Once I removed the Domain, the synaptics package manager started working in the GNOME environment. Thanks for the contact. Eric Shotwell
----- Original Message ---- From: Sebastien Bacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 5:44:28 AM Subject: [Bug 259253] Re: codec update hangs and never completes Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please answer these questions: * Is this reproducible? * If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug? This will help us to find and resolve the problem. ** Changed in: totem (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) Status: New => Incomplete -- codec update hangs and never completes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/259253 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. Status in “totem” source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Binary package hint: totem Problem also seems to impact synaptics package manager, won't initiate, times out. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Mon Aug 18 21:32:23 2008 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/totem-gstreamer NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: totem-gstreamer 2.22.1-0ubuntu2 PackageArchitecture: i386 ProcEnviron: PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: totem Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686 -- codec update hangs and never completes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/259253 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
