Paddy Landau
June 6th, 2008, 01:23 PM
I recently installed Ubuntu 8.04 (a fresh install on a fresh partition from the downloaded CD).
Today, something strange has been happening when I've tried to start various programs from System -> Administration (e.g. Firestarter, Hardware Drivers, Synaptic Package Manager). The system hangs for around 15 seconds (the cursor changes to a circle), then it stops hanging; but, the program doesn't start.
When I open Update Manager and press Refresh, it hangs completely and I can't even close its window (although, after about 15 seconds, I can work on other windows).
Therefore, I don't have access to number of the System Administration programs.
I can open other non-Administration programs, such as Firefox.
What can I do to solve this problem?
Today, something strange has been happening when I've tried to start various programs from System -> Administration (e.g. Firestarter, Hardware Drivers, Synaptic Package Manager). The system hangs for around 15 seconds (the cursor changes to a circle), then it stops hanging; but, the program doesn't start.
When I open Update Manager and press Refresh, it hangs completely and I can't even close its window (although, after about 15 seconds, I can work on other windows).
Therefore, I don't have access to number of the System Administration programs.
I can open other non-Administration programs, such as Firefox.
What can I do to solve this problem?