On Sunday 25 December 2016 17:23:08 Chris Albertson wrote: > Have you tried typing "sudo synaptic-pkexec" rather than " > synaptic-pkexec" and is your logged in user in the /etc/sudoers > file? > There is now a group called sudoers, and pi is a member of that group.
> Also you can alway just use "apt" or apt-get" for package management > at the command prompt. Much simpler and faster. > > On Sun, Dec 25, 2016 at 9:11 AM, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > > Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent > > permitted by applicable law. > > Last login: Sat Dec 24 19:49:11 2016 from coyote.coyote.den > > pi@raspberrypi:~ $ synaptic-pkexec > > ==== AUTHENTICATING FOR com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic === > > Authentication is required to run the Synaptic Package Manager > > Authenticating as: root > > Password: > > polkit-agent-helper-1: pam_authenticate failed: Authentication > > failure ==== AUTHENTICATION FAILED === > > Error executing command as another user: Not authorized > > > > This incident has been reported. > > pi@raspberrypi:~ $ synaptic-pkexec > > ==== AUTHENTICATING FOR com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic === > > Authentication is required to run the Synaptic Package Manager > > Authenticating as: root > > Password: > > polkit-agent-helper-1: error response to PolicyKit daemon: > > GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: No session for > > cookie > > ==== AUTHENTICATION FAILED === > > Error executing command as another user: Not authorized > > > > This incident has been reported. > > ================================== > > I tried both the root pw and mine. > > > > WTHeck is this com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic BS? Of course its wrong, > > but how can this be fixed so I can run synaptic from a remote login? > > > > Or, how do I make this machine accept a display of 10: ?? > > > > Thank you all & Merry Christmas everybody > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > -- > > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >---------- Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors > > Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. > > With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE. > > Training and support from Colfax. > > Order your platform today.http://sdm.link/intel > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE. Training and support from Colfax. Order your platform today.http://sdm.link/intel _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
