A couple of weeks ago I double clicked my Synaptic desktop icon by mistake and cancelled one instance. Since then, the command
gksu -u root /usr/sbin/synaptic pops up the password prompt but then segfaults when return is pressed. The same thing happens when I specify another of the sbin programs instead of synaptic. I can run synaptic from a root shell. I'm running AMD 64 unstable from http://amd64.debian.net A gksu lock file is left in my home directory after the crash, so I delete this. I also tried deleting or renaming .Xauthority - this leads to an announcement that the .Xauthority file is being regenerated before the segfault. The .Xauthority file is NOT remade however. One thing I have yet to try is to clean up both the lockfile and .Xauthority and then restart X, but I thought it might be worth asking if anyone else recognizes the problem first. Thanks Angus Mackenzie -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]