The right click option in synaptic has the reinstall option sure but its grayed out which is why I tried the command line option.
~ $ apt-cache policy gstreamer0.10-plugins-base gstreamer0.10-plugins-base: Installed: 0.10.21-3ubuntu0.1 Candidate: 0.10.21-3ubuntu0.1 Version table: *** 0.10.21-3ubuntu0.1 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 0.10.21-3 0 500 http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au intrepid/main Packages -- Unable to start the settings manager gnome-settings-daemon after updating Intrepid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/358426 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs