Issue:
After tinkering with Open-Vm-tools and VMware Tools, I discovered I could no longer open Synaptic Package Manager from anywhere (Brisk Menu, Faves, top panel) besides terminal. I’ve tried changing execution/ownership of synaptic.desktop, uninstall/reinstall, clearing caches, restarting, etc etc., I am not arriving at a resolution following multiple hours of troubleshooting! Please Help!
Symptoms:
click on Synaptic from Brisk Menu get below Messages Output, click on Synaptic from Top Panel get spinning wheel and nothing.
Version:
Operating System: Parrot GNU/Linux 4.6
Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-parrot4-28t-amd64
Architecture: x86-64
Installation Method:
VMware Fusion Install of Parrot Sec
MultiBoot:
No
Messages output (tail -F /var/log/messages):
Apr 25 15:47:07 parrot org.mate.panel.applet.BriskMenuFactory[1212]: Error creating textual authentication agent: Error opening current controlling terminal for the process (`/dev/tty’): No such device or address