[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 Check to see if you have an _apt user: cat /etc/passwd | grep apt _apt:x:105:65534::/nonexistent:/bin/false If you do, no need to add the user. Otherwise, adduser --force-badname --system --home /nonexi

[Bug 1522675] Re: Can't drop privileges for downloading : _apt user not allowed

Check to see if you have an _apt user: cat /etc/passwd | grep apt _apt:x:105:65534::/nonexistent:/bin/false If you do, no need to add the user. Otherwise, adduser --force-badname --system --home /nonexistent --no-create-home --quiet _apt || true I haven't verified that it creates precisely th

Re: [Bug 819611] Re: Boot Freezes on splash screen

Timothy, Unfortunately I tried the Live CD of 11.04 and it cannot successfully boot. I did fiddle a bit with the kernel boot options, but I'm not sure what else to do. The "try without install" freezes after "Enabling executable binary formats binfmt-support [OK]". If there is anything else I c

[Bug 819611] Re: Boot Freezes on splash screen

Timothy, I'm not exactly sure what you mean. My system is, I believe, up to date and it is running 11.04 as the output above states. Is there something I am missing? Thanks, Nate -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. http

[Bug 819611] Re: Boot Freezes on splash screen

-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/819611 Title: Boot Freezes on splash screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/819611/+s

[Bug 819611] [NEW] Boot Freezes on splash screen

Public bug reported: I am able to boot my system using 2.6.35-28-generic, but anything beyond this just freezes. It isn't clear to me how to collect more detailed information about how to debug this issue. Any help is highly appreciated. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: lin

[Bug 63431] Re: uim-common hangs in old prerm

This may be what you were talking about, but I noticed that the variable is-set-ugid has been changed to setugid in the new package. For some reason (I'm not enough of a .deb or lisp expert to know exactly why) by taking the usr/share/uim/plugin.scm file from edgy's new .deb file and putting it in