On 02/20/2011 12:03 PM, Robert Xu wrote: >> $ synaptic >> > bash: synaptic: command not found >> > Also normal. > > >> > >> > from the debian menu, clicking synaptic does nothing. >> > >> > Can you check if you have kdesu or kdesudo from trinity installed? > Also, if you have gksu installed? > > ii libkdesu5 4:4.4.5-2 the Console-mode Authentication Library for the KDE Platform paulandcilla:/etc/apt# apt-get install kdesu Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package kdesu is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source E: Package 'kdesu' has no installation candidate ii kdesudo-trinit 4:3.5.12-0debi sudo frontend for KDE3 paulandcilla:/etc/apt# xhost + Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyxhost: unable to open display ":1.0" -- Paul Cartwright