In an attempt to get the packages ungreyed out and installed, I hit "fetch updates" in adept. Enabling the repositories didn't do the job. I got an error on the update, don't remember what. Now when I open adept I get this:
If I go in konsole and try either of those commands, I get this:
Any ideas?
PS: Linux needs to never, ever give you a permission error. Instead, it should ask you for your password. This makes it much more of a pain in the ass than it needs to be.
The APT Database could not be opened! This may be caused by incorrect APT configuration or some similar problem. Try running apt-setup and apt-get update in terminal and see if it helps to resolve the problem.
ronnie@Mom-computer:~$ kdesu apt-get update
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 167
Major opcode: 144
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 167
Major opcode: 144
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 167
Major opcode: 144
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 167
Major opcode: 144
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
PS: Linux needs to never, ever give you a permission error. Instead, it should ask you for your password. This makes it much more of a pain in the ass than it needs to be.
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