Unable to run Adept

[goran]

I just installed Kubuntu and it seems to work ok except I can't run Adept. I get the password prompt. If I click Ignore the application starts but of course I can't do anything. If I give the password I get this:
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goran@:~$ kdesu adept_manager
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169
Major opcode: 145
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169
Major opcode: 145
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
xauth: (argv):1: bad display name ":0.0" in "list" command
kdesu (kdelibs): WARNING: No X authentication info set for display :0.0
xauth: (argv):1: bad display name ":0.0" in "list" command
kdesu (kdelibs): WARNING: No X authentication info set for display :0.0
xauth: (argv):1: bad display name ":0.0" in "list" command
kdesu (kdelibs): WARNING: No X authentication info set for display :0.0
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib:
No protocol specified

adept_manager: cannot connect to X server :0.0
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Any Ideas what's going on?

[Snowhog]

Re: Unable to run Adept

Why don't you just access Adept Manager through the K Menu?

K Menu | System | Adept Manager (Manage Packages)

[goran]

Re: Unable to run Adept

Running Adept from the K-menu does the same. No show. Just the password prompt and then nothing. Add/Remove Software same thing.

Starting Adept from the console at lease gives this error message.

apt-get seems to work though.

[Snowhog]

Re: Unable to run Adept

Running Adept from the K-menu does the same.

Hmm. It sounds like you may not have all the required packages needed by Adept. Open a console and type:

sudo apt-get check

"check is a diagnostic tool; it updates the package cache and checks
for broken dependencies."

If you have no broken dependencies, you'll get the following response:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done

If you get anything other than the above, you've got dependency problems. They will be identified, so just copy and post the results for further review.

[goran]

Re: Unable to run Adept

Done that. Result as described above. I think this may have to do with the X server configuration??

[qa1433]

Re: Unable to run Adept

When it asks you for your password try putting the password you use when you log in. You defined the password and user when you installed Kubuntu to the hard drive.

Paul 8)

[Alyth]

Re: Unable to run Adept

Hi everyone..
i've a similar problem because when I trie to run adept or add/remove software it doesn't work because it says that: "un altro processo sta usando la banca dati del sistema di gestione pacchetti (probabilmente qualche altra applicazione Adept o apt-get o aptitude). Per favore chiudi l'altra applicazione prima di usare questa."

I tried also to type: "sudo apt-get check" and ther'is this problem

E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

What must I do?

THX

[gnowak]

Re: Unable to run Adept

I tried also to type: "sudo apt-get check" and ther'is this problem

E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

What must I do?

In a terminal try this:

sudo dpkg --configure -a

[Alyth]

Re: Unable to run Adept

Realy realy thank you
Now It works!!

[SheeEttin]

Re: Unable to run Adept

I'd say it's a problem with sudo/kdesu.

Can you execute "sudo echo" and "kdesu kate" without errors (excluding this)?