Synaptic not working--Lacks Permission in E17: Starting without administrative privileges

[Pierre]

Synaptic does not work in Lubuntu 13.10 Saucy with an E17 session.

Synaptic has 2 launchers in /usr/share/applications
synaptic.desktop (with privileges: exec=synaptic-pkexec)
synaptic-KDE.desktop (without privileges: exec=synaptic)
        OnlyShowIn=KDE;

Unfortunately E17 menus displays only the -kde one, which is the wrong one.

I know myself how to temporarily fix the problem but most people will not know, especially that the correct command is synaptic-pkexec.

THIS IS A DEAL BREAKER: Synaptic is a core application--can't install software--that does not work out of the box. The temporary fixes are not obvious. It needs to be fixed.

The problem might be the the menu drafting app in E17 ignores OnlyShowIn=KDE; in the .desktop.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: e17 0.17.3-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-14.21-generic 3.11.7
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-14-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Nov 16 10:21:12 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-11-15 (731 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: e17
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-19 (27 days ago)

[Albin Tonnerre (lutin)]

I just tried and can reproduce that behaviour. For some reason, *both* desktop files show up in the Everything launcher (binds to alt-escape when the Everything module is loaded), and only the incorrect one shows up in the menu, which doesn't look right.

That may well be an issue with libefreet, which does the .desktop files handling: the KDE one should probably be ignored

[ssameer ssierra (ssameerlove)]

i have 2 synaptics visible in everything launcher, neither of them allow me to download software.

[ssameer ssierra (ssameerlove)]

i don't see how to edit my comment. i just wanted to add that i am using e17 on ubuntu 13.10

[madbiologist (me-again)]

Official support for Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" has ended. Does this still occur on Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark"?