[clug] ubuntu problem

[Martin Pool]

On  6 Jun 2005, Dody Suria Wijaya <dodysw at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've got a problem with my new ubuntu installation (5.04 hoary).
> 
> When opening software which usually requires root access, ie Synaptic 
> Package Manager, it asked password, tried put my user password 
> correctly, and always pop error dialog "Failed to run 
> /usr/sbin/synaptic: Child terminated with 1 status". I've googled this 
> problem and seems that this is a known bugs, but didn't find any answer.

Hi,

You can also try asking these on an Ubuntu support forum.

Try running 'sudo synaptic' from a terminal; have a look in
/var/log/auth.log.

-- 
Martin