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khazmo
May 15th, 2008, 12:00 AM
I am a Linux newbie, but so far I like the OS, I will not go back to windows, if they paid me. Being a newbie, I am not well versed in the system.

After upgrading to Heron, some of my administrator tasks don't work.

I tried to install some upgrades the system said I needed. The 'starting admin' button appeared on the taskbar, but disappeared after a few seconds.

I can access users and time and date, but those options say I need to unlock it, so I can perform the tasks. My login has admin privledges, so I am unsure of what to do.

Thanks in advance for any assistance provided.

khazmo

wpshooter
May 15th, 2008, 01:03 AM
Please tell me what this "starting admin" button you refer to is ?

Thanks.

khazmo
May 15th, 2008, 03:00 AM
When you open a window, whether it is Firefox or a game, there is a button on the bar at the bottom of the screen. For example, when I click on System> Administration> Update Manager, no window opens. There is just a button on the panel at the bottom of my screen that says: Starting Administrator....

khazmo

Partyboi2
May 15th, 2008, 06:53 AM
What happens if you try and start something with admin rights from the terminal? (Applications>Accessories>Terminal)

gksudo synaptic

khazmo
May 18th, 2008, 07:15 AM
Thanks for the help. I was searching the forum and I found a way to fix it. I forgot where the info was, or I would post it here for others.

umor
May 18th, 2008, 10:00 AM
Hello,
I had the same issue, and followed this form entry (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=723361) which solved the problem for me.
hth, UM

Lektorvis
May 27th, 2008, 09:53 PM
!unable to perform any admistative tasks after kernel update incl. Synaptic!
Here is my solution

1) Type in Terminal:

my@my-laptop:~$ sudo gedit /etc/hosts

2) Output of /etc/hosts looked like this:

127.0.0.1 localhost

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
127.0.1.1 my-laptop.Hønsehuset

3) I added the line "127.0.1.1 my-laptop" at top of the file and saved. The new file look like this:

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 my-laptop

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
127.0.1.1 my-laptop.Hønsehuset

4) Problem solved.
Inspired by this thread (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=723361)