Hello The synaptic package manager comes with two .desktop files: /usr/share/applications/synaptic.desktop /usr/share/applications/synaptic-kde.desktop The first one contains: NotShowIn=KDE; The second one: OnlyShowIn=KDE; Calling synaptic in the application menu calls the first one (the two program names/menu entries are identical). A broken root password entry box appears - the path of the executable which should be called with root privileges is empty. I'm wondering if the NotShowIn/OnlyShowIn directives are the cause of the problem. I've experimented in adding "Trinity;" to "KDE;", but without success. Does anyone know what this means? Thanks, Volker