synaptic does not run under wayland
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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synaptic (Debian) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
synaptic (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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High
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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)
ProcVersionSign
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_
LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: synaptic
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Thanks for your report. This is a known limitation with wayland.