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Stephen Allen (stephen-d-allen) wrote : Re: [Bug 1712089] Re: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyUnable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused

Thanks a lot! I've got a script that I run on each login to fix that.

On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 8:01 PM Mark <email address hidden> wrote:

> According to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274451 there
> are no plans for Wayland to support running graphical applications as
> root so that bug has been closed as WONTFIX. The correct fix is for
> Synaptic, and other graphical apps needing root, to be rewritten to run
> the GUI as a normal user and to use "polkit" for the parts where they
> need root access.
>
>
> ** Bug watch added: Red Hat Bugzilla #1274451
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274451
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1712089
>
> Title:
> Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyUnable to init server: Could not
> connect: Connection refused
>
> Status in synaptic package in Ubuntu:
> Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> List of pkexec'ed applications is located in bug 1713313.
> List of packages which use su-to-root and gksu/gksudo is located in bug
> 1713311.
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> pkexec'ed applications may be healed with "xhost +si:localuser:root"
> placed in XDG autostart as follows:
>
> cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/xdg/autostart/xhost.desktop
> [Desktop Entry]
> Name=xhost
> Comment=Fix graphical root applications
> Exec="xhost +si:localuser:root"
> Terminal=false
> Type=Application
> EOF
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Posting here what gnome says about porting to wayland, and their
> tests:
>
> GNOME Applications under Wayland
> GTK+ has a Wayland backend. If it was enabled at compile-time, you can
> run a GTK+ application under Wayland simply by:
>
> GDK_BACKEND=wayland gnome-calculator
> Applications that use Clutter or clutter-gtk also need the Clutter
> Wayland backend enabled:
>
> GDK_BACKEND=wayland CLUTTER_BACKEND=wayland cheese
>
> https://wiki.gnome.org/Initiatives/Wayland/Applications
>
> ======> so hope the settings are well set at compile time; maybe a
> rebuilt to get sure all apps are ok.
>
>
> ********************************************************************************************************************************************
>
> With the today packages upgrade, switching from X11 to wayland,
> synaptic refuse to load/open:
>
> from the icon into the dash-to-dock, nothing happen
> from the terminal:
>
> sudo synaptic
> [sudo] password for oem:
> Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyUnable to init server: Could not connect:
> Connection refused
>
> (synaptic:2154): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0
>
> Previous days already have switching some packages to wayland, but
> synaptic was still working. Its only with the today upgrades, after a
> cold reboot, that synaptic gui is broken.
>
> Today possibly sources problem:
>
> Unpacking console-setup-linux (1.142ubuntu7) over (1.142ubuntu5) ...
>
> Unpacking console-setup (1.142ubuntu7) over (1.142ubuntu5) ...
>
> Unpacking keyboard-configuration (1.142ubuntu7) over (1.142ubuntu5)
> ...
>
> Unpacking gnome-session-bin (3.24.1-0ubuntu22) over (3.24.1-0ubuntu21)
> ...
>
> Unpacking gdm3 (3.25.90.1-0ubuntu2) over (3.25.90.1-0ubuntu1) ...
>
> Unpacking libgdm1 (3.25.90.1-0ubuntu2) over (3.25.90.1-0ubuntu1) ...
>
> Unpacking gir1.2-gdm-1.0 (3.25.90.1-0ubuntu2) over
> (3.25.90.1-0ubuntu1) ...
>
> Unpacking ubuntu-session (3.24.1-0ubuntu22) over (3.24.1-0ubuntu21)
> ...
>
> Unpacking gnome-session (3.24.1-0ubuntu22) over (3.24.1-0ubuntu21) ...
> ...
> Unpacking gnome-session-common (3.24.1-0ubuntu22) over
> (3.24.1-0ubuntu21) ...
> Setting up keyboard-configuration (1.142ubuntu7) ...
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
> Package: synaptic 0.84.2
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.12.0-12.13-generic 4.12.8
> Uname: Linux 4.12.0-12-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.20.6-0ubuntu6
> Architecture: amd64
> CurrentDesktop: GNOME
> Date: Mon Aug 21 16:21:47 2017
> EcryptfsInUse: Yes
> SourcePackage: synaptic
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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