Control: tags -1 + moreinfo unreproducible Control: retitle -1 synaptic: settings changes not preserved after exit
On Fri, 30 Dec 2016 at 06:17:06 +0100, HJ wrote: > Its now impossible to change settings inside Synaptic: > > Here is a video showing the issue: > > https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_2_dsXrefR-VEE0dk1ZYzYwaUU Hi, We'll need some more information about this bug. I couldn't reproduce the bug on a Debian stretch virtual machine with gnome-core and synaptic installed, running synaptic from a gnome-terminal after using 'su' to become root. For developers who don't want to (or can't) watch a video, here is a text description of what the bug reporter did in the video: * Start from a uxterm with a root shell prompt showing current working directory /home/ssf * cd / * synaptic * Open the Preferences dialog (Settings -> Preferences) * Uncheck "Consider recommended packages as dependencies" * Apply * OK * File -> Exit * Run synaptic again, from the same root shell * "Consider recommended packages as dependencies" is back to its default value, which is checked (In the video, synaptic appears in German, but the meaning is reasonably clear.) Is there anything else happening here that you think is wrong, that I didn't notice in your video? I don't recognise the window manager or desktop environment used in that video. What is it? I notice that you started synaptic by typing "synaptic" at a root shell prompt in a uxterm, but there is not enough scrollback visible to see how you opened that root shell. This is likely to be significant, because different ways to become root pass through different environment variables. What menu options or commands did you use to become root? Please send the output of these commands: ls -al ~/.synaptic ls -al ~root/.synaptic ls -al /root/.synaptic Thanks, S
