On Sun, 6 May 2012 03:45:30 -0500 (CDT) Mike Miller <mbmiller+l at gmail.com> wrote: > I was using "sudo synaptic" to get that error, but if I use simply > "synaptic", then it runs, but it notes that I do not have root > permissions. I always use gksudo or kdesudo when starting graphical applications as root. Maybe just using "sudo" could have been part of the problem? https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo#Graphical_sudo -Max