Yes, other applications work with sudo well. For instance here the startup messages of anjuta, which messages the same errors, but which startsup well.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo anjuta Password: Audio device open for 44.1Khz, stereo, 16bit failed Trying 44.1Khz, 8bit stereo. Audio device open for 44.1Khz, stereo, 8bit failed Trying 48Khz, 16bit stereo. Audio device open for 48Khz, stereo,16bit failed Trying 22.05Khz, 8bit stereo. Audio device open for 22.05Khz, stereo, 8bit failed Trying 44.1Khz, 16bit mono. Audio device open for 44.1Khz, mono, 8bit failed Trying 22.05Khz, 8bit mono. Audio device open for 22.05Khz, mono, 8bit failed Trying 11.025Khz, 8bit stereo. Audio device open for 11.025Khz, stereo, 8bit failed Trying 11.025Khz, 8bit mono. Audio device open for 11.025Khz, mono, 8bit failed Trying 8.192Khz, 8bit mono. Audio device open for 8.192Khz, mono, 8bit failed Trying 8Khz, 8bit mono. Sound device inadequate for Esound. Fatal. ** Message: Initializing AP class ** Message: Initializing AP Instance ** Message: Initializing launcher class [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ I have two soundcards: SB Live! EMU 10k1 (onboard) M-Audio Audiophile 24/96 A further Error message happens while system update BEGIN=============== Nicht alle verfügbaren Aktualisierungen können installiert werden Einige Aktualisierungen erfordern das Entfernen von anderen Anwendungen. Verwenden Sie die Funktion »Aktualisierungen vormerken« in der Synaptic Paketverwaltung oder führen Sie den Befehl »sudo apt-get dist-upgrade« in einem Terminal aus, um Ihr System vollständig zu aktualisieren. Die folgenden Aktualisierungen werden ausgelassen: libgtkmm2.0-dev libumfpack4-dev rt2400 rt2500 END=================== that is the (german) message, that the named packages could not be updated, since they recomend the deinstalling of other applications. But neither the given command line comando nor the synnaptic commando make any change. Best regards, Wätzold -- disks-admin crashes on startup https://launchpad.net/bugs/64144 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs