Public bug reported: 1. Tried to play a video from YouTube 2. Search for suitable plugin dialog box displayed. 3. Click [Search] button. 4. gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad shown in Install Multimedia Plugins window. 4a. During recreation of problem a second plugin showed up: gstreamer0.10-ffmpg 5. Click [Install] button. 6. Confirm installation of restricted software dialog box appears. 7. Click [Confirm] button. 8. Enter your password to perform adminstrative tasks|The 'Synaptec Package Manager' lets you modify essential parts of your system. dialog box appears. 9. Enter administrator (not root, but same pw) pw. 10. Wrong password appears. 11. Fails with error message (Failed to run /usr/sbin/synaptic '--hide-main-window' '--non-interactive' '-o' 'Synaptic::closeZvt=true' '--parent-window-id' '71303300' '--set-selections-file' '/tmp/tmpf4CV5C' as user root.
Wrong password.) after three tries. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Feb 22 09:05:15 2010 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/totem InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027) NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx Package: libgstreamer0.10-0 0.10.25-2 ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic SourcePackage: gstreamer0.10 Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic x86_64 ** Affects: gstreamer0.10 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug -- tried to install a plugin, asked for root pw, did not accept root pw (sudo error of some kind) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/525781 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs