On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > > Okay, missed the one little thing that's important - 'sudo synaptic'. > > > > Using sudo is what's giving you the problem. It sorta kinda su's you > > into the root user, which is not the account you ssh'd into, and the > > authentication fails. Try this instead from the command line - #> > > /bin/sh /usr/bin/synaptic-pkexec > > > > That will bring up the authentication window so you can enter your > > password. Running synaptic by itself in a non-root account will not > > let you do anything other than look at the packages, or search. > > > > Mark > Someone on the debian list, and we should remember this, said I should: > > $>sudo -E synaptic > > which works, the gui opens and I installed some ttf fonts from larabee > without any problems on shop, went to the lathe and updated linuxcnc > there. No problems. > > So we should maybe file this oone away in the helpfull hints category. > > Thanks Mark. Now, we've about got old pain saddled up for the trip > north, later. I even threw in my funeral suit on the hanger bar in the > space thar claims to be a back seat, if you don't have any knees or > lower legs. Its a 3 door GMC, short box too, darn it. > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > Either the sudo -E synaptic or running the 'sh synaptic-pkexec' will work, since in both your environment is preserved. Stay safe on your journey. Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
