Richard Mancusi wrote:
> Okay, I did another clean install and can repeat the problem. On a test
> system I always set a root password and allow root logon. Yes, I know
> that isn't a great idea, but it comes in handy on a test system.
>
> As soon as I set a root password in System/Administration
On Feb 3, 2008 10:32 AM, Richard Mancusi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Feb 3, 2008 10:15 AM, Jason Crain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On Feb 3, 2008 9:35 AM, Jason Crain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Could you run this and tell us what it shows:
> >
> > sudo -H bash -c 'echo $HOME'
On Feb 3, 2008 10:15 AM, Jason Crain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Feb 3, 2008 9:35 AM, Jason Crain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Could you run this and tell us what it shows:
>
> sudo -H bash -c 'echo $HOME'
>
> /home/root
>
> That's pretty strange. Try running sudo usermod -d /root root
Richard Mancusi wrote:
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From: Richard Mancusi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Feb 3, 2008 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: Hardy Alpha-4 synaptic error
To: Jason Crain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Feb 3, 2008 9:35 AM, Jason Crain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot
Richard Mancusi wrote:
> On Feb 3, 2008 9:13 AM, Lars Wirzenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> On su, 2008-02-03 at 09:05 -0600, Richard Mancusi wrote:
>>
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gksu update-manager
>>> warning: could not initiate dbus
>>>
>> You don't need to run update-manager as
On Feb 3, 2008 9:13 AM, Lars Wirzenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On su, 2008-02-03 at 09:05 -0600, Richard Mancusi wrote:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gksu update-manager
> > warning: could not initiate dbus
>
> You don't need to run update-manager as root. It will switch to root
> (and ask for user
On su, 2008-02-03 at 09:05 -0600, Richard Mancusi wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gksu update-manager
> warning: could not initiate dbus
You don't need to run update-manager as root. It will switch to root
(and ask for username then) when it needs it. This should at least fix
the dbus initialization
On Feb 2, 2008 10:59 PM, scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Try opening a terminal and typing 'gksu synaptic' or 'gksu update-manager'.
>
> Regards,
> Scott
>
The "administrative tasks" password box comes up and accepts the
password. Then update manager gui appears showing 32 updates.
However the
Try opening a terminal and typing 'gksu synaptic' or 'gksu update-manager'.
Regards,
Scott
Richard Mancusi wrote:
After a clean install (i386 desktop) I receive an error when
attempting either:
1. System/Administration/Update Manager
2. System/Administration/Synaptic Package Manager
An error
