So it happens even in 14.10? Interesting. I can't reproduce it neither
in 14.04 nor in 14.10.
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@Michael Vogt; in my case it freezes whenever I open synaptic, if I wait
for 15 minutes or so it responds but it hangs again on nex opening.
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Freezes on Ubuntu 14.10 too, started on 14.04 around March.
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@slumbergod: does the long wait happen for all packages that you
install? or was cups-pdf special in some way?
@kenn: do you know a pattern that makes synaptic freeze? i.e. is there a
way to reproduce this bug?
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Today I wanted to try latest version of synaptic in saucy repo hoping
that it would work after latest updates but it failed me again. I still
use synaptic 0.75.12build1 version. I like synaptic but that bug is
really annoying. I wonder if that bug affects certain architecture,
hardware or distro? I
let me add to my last comment. It eventually finished after about 10
minutes...just as I was about to kill synaptic and try to repair the
damage.
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I installed synaptic on Xubuntu Trusty then used it to install cups-pdf. It has
frozen for ages on this line:
Setting up cups-pdf (2.6.1-9) ...
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So can anyone using Ubuntu 14.04 confirm whether this is fixed or not?
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Mint 16 uses an older version of Synaptic - 0.75.12build1 - because of
this very bug. After I've reported this bug and some other ones to Clem
(during RC testing), he made the decision to downgrade Synaptic to avoid
the bugs. So, of course the problem has disappeared because that version
is not aff
I'm now using LM16 Petra MATE 64 bit version and the problem seems to have
disappeared!
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Can anyone using Trusty confirm whether this bug is still present or
not?
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Same problem here in Saucy Salamander with Unity. I have two computers
(one laptop, one desktop) both showing the same behavior.
Thanks for all the suggestions for workarounds. So far I've always
called synaptic from a terminal window (with a bash) via "gksudo
synaptic &". I'm going to try out su
david2008uk, just use 'sudo synaptic' in a terminal to launch synaptic
instead.
You could set the setuid bit on the synaptic executable so that it
always runs as root, but you should NOT do this because this way you're
creating a security vurnerability (everyone would be able to install
anything).
Same thing happens on my machine and I am running Linux Mint 15 (Olivia) as I
was just trying to install the canvas libs and would freeze up and the only way
to get out is to force quit.
would it not be possible to get around the lockups by actually compiling the
program into an EXE which has Ro
Hi everyone,
I had the problem in 13.04, and the upgrade to 13.10 didn't change anything.
If this helps, Synaptic tend to freeze faster if the number of package I select
gets bigger.
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no fix yet?
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It didn't work in my case, I tried it a few times.
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That's good to hear; need more testers though.
I also filed a related bug as I think the real problem is with gksu, not
synaptic: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgksu/+bug/1216045
I wish any of the maintainers at least left a reply.
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Seems to work fine for me now. I am running Mint 15 in VBox. No synaptic freeze
anymore (Synaptic 0.80~exp2raring1).
I am running M15 fully updated.
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Can you try using this:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/synaptic/+bug/1135687/comments/6
and then test if the freezes still happen?
Note: do it as root. Then run synaptic via gksu.
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Thanks kenn (nnek), this bug was driving me crazy!!
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Thanks for posting the link, I've been trying to find an older version
but kept coming into dead ends. At least this should tide us over until
it's fixed.
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Today I met that damn bug. After hours of struggling I downgraded to
"synaptic_0.75.12build1_i386.deb". I found the deb here:
http://ftp.acc.umu.se/ubuntu/ubuntu/pool/universe/s/synaptic/#
I don't know what I did wrong today. I installed some packages prior to
appearing bug. I removed all of the
I've got the same issue while installing Linux Mint 15 Mate 64bit
version on a new Asus s200e laptop with an Intel i3-3217u processor
(have been using an earlier version on another laptop previously), so
I've been using synaptic quite a lot over the past 24 hours...
It fails consistently within a
Guys, if anyone here uses Kubuntu 13.04 or Mint 15 KDE, please try it
there with kdesudo instead of gksu.
I couldn't get it to freeze. I don't know if it affects something, but
kdesudo spits all the messages sent to stderr right away, while gksu
holds them all somewhere and will unload them all at
For the sake of completeness, the bug about these warnings is here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/synaptic/+bug/1135687
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Couldn't manage to freeze it when running in non-administrative mode, no
matter if it's "synaptic" or "synaptic &". It freezes only when run via
gksu and only if you scroll with the arrow keys instead of mouse (just
as kmb42vt reported).
Also, no usual GTK warnings are printed in the console until
Correction to the above.
If you start it with "synaptic &" then it freezes. If you start it with
"synaptic" , leaving the terminal open, then it doesn't freeze.
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I have the same problem with Synaptic on Mint15 Cinnamon. It occurs
however I start Synaptic, even through the terminal, and the exact time
of the freeze is completely random, sometimes a few minutes, sometimes
after just one click.
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Can I add to that, that when I start synaptic with "sudo synaptic" it doesn't
freeze, or spam the terminal .. for me it only freezes if started with:-
gksudo synaptic
gksu synaptic
synaptic-pkexec
Downgrading Synaptic to synaptic_0.75.12build1 from 12.10 also fixes the
freezes
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The reports of Synaptic 0.80~exp2 freezing seem to be consistent for
Ubuntu Raring and Linux Mint 15 RC although it appears that not all
users are experiencing the freeze. What is not consistent is the reason
for the freeze although there is more than one report stating that the
the searching for a
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: synaptic (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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Hi I have the same problem pretty much as described here. Sometimes you
may be able to install a package before it freezes and some times it
freezes while searching.
I am running Ubuntu 13.04 x86_64 with Mate Desktop 1.6.0.
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