Renaming ~root/.synaptic to ~root/.syn doesn't resolve it (running "sudo synaptic"). (Nor moving ~/.synaptic to ~/.syn, just in case). So if it's configuration-specific, it doesn't seem to be the _synaptic_ configuration that's the problem.
Renaming ~root/.synaptic to ~root/.syn doesn't resolve it (running "sudo synaptic"). (Nor moving ~/.synaptic to ~/.syn, just in case). So if it's configuration- specific, it doesn't seem to be the _synaptic_ configuration that's the problem.