Ubuntu
synaptic package

synaptic does not run under wayland

Bug #1731324 reported by Javi
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This bug affects 14 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
synaptic (Debian)
New
Undecided
Unassigned
synaptic (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
High
Unassigned

Bug Description

After installed Synaptic (by the Software app) and I wanted run it, the app does not run in Ubuntu 17.10. Appears a window asking to type de SUDO password, but does not run. Synaptic is still the best way to install/uninstall software.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: synaptic (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu Nov 9 19:26:46 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-11-09 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no username)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: synaptic
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Javi (javicmrs) wrote :
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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

Thanks for your report. This is a known limitation with wayland.

tags: added: wayland
removed: wayland-session
Changed in synaptic (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → High
summary: - synaptic does not run
+ synaptic does not run under wayland
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David (dmacdo89) wrote :

The following is the error that pops up when attempting to open Synaptic via terminal:

(synaptic:4201): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0

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Douglas Souza (douglascpsouza) wrote :

Wayland is designed to not allow elevated (sudo -H, gksu ...) permissions with GUI application programs.

There is a workaround to allow graphical application programs owned by other users than the logged in user in Wayland:

xhost +si:localuser:root

Take a look at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Wayland/gks

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