Thought I would try other things that run with gksu, and it turns out that gparted doesn't work either. So clearly, the problem seems to be with gksu, and not synaptic.
gksudo also does the same as gksu -- synaptic doesn't open when opened from the menu, or gnome-do https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/395131 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
