synaptic as normal user seg faults

[david braun]

I started synaptic in a terminal window as a normal user. I replied OK to the warning that normal users can't change anything. Got the following

$ synaptic
Gtk-Message: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged.
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Not good!

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 17.10
Release: 17.10

$ apt-cache policy synaptic
synaptic:
  Installed: 0.84.2
  Candidate: 0.84.2
  Version table:
 *** 0.84.2 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: synaptic 0.84.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-37.42-generic 4.13.13
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-37-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.7
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Mar 21 09:23:31 2018
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-03-19 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20180105.1)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: synaptic
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[gf (gf-interlinks-deactivatedaccount)]

Hello David,
Thank you for submitting this bug and reporting a problem with synaptic. You made this bug report some time ago and Ubuntu has been updated since then.

Could you confirm that this is no longer a problem and that we can close the ticket?
If it is still a problem, are you still interested in finding a solution to this bug?
If you are, could you let us know, and in the current version, run the following (only once):
apport-collect 1757460
and upload the updated logs and and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

Thank you again for helping make Ubuntu better.
G

[david braun (braunster)]

well - I'm no longer using Ubuntu 17 so I can't easily verify whether
synaptic crashes or not.
However Ubuntu 18 doesn't have that problem.

On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 9:24 PM, gf <email address hidden> wrote:

> Hello David,
> Thank you for submitting this bug and reporting a problem with synaptic.
> You made this bug report some time ago and Ubuntu has been updated since
> then.
>
> Could you confirm that this is no longer a problem and that we can close
> the ticket?
> If it is still a problem, are you still interested in finding a solution
> to this bug?
> If you are, could you let us know, and in the current version, run the
> following (only once):
> apport-collect 1757460
> and upload the updated logs and and any other logs that are relevant for
> this particular issue.
>
> Thank you again for helping make Ubuntu better.
> G
>
> ** Changed in: synaptic (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1757460
>
> Title:
> synaptic as normal user seg faults
>
> Status in synaptic package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> I started synaptic in a terminal window as a normal user. I replied OK
> to the warning that normal users can't change anything. Got the
> following
>
> $ synaptic
> Gtk-Message: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is
> discouraged.
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>
> Not good!
>
> $ lsb_release -rd
> Description: Ubuntu 17.10
> Release: 17.10
>
> $ apt-cache policy synaptic
> synaptic:
> Installed: 0.84.2
> Candidate: 0.84.2
> Version table:
> *** 0.84.2 500
> 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/universe amd64
> Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
> Package: synaptic 0.84.2
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-37.42-generic 4.13.13
> Uname: Linux 4.13.0-37-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.7
> Architecture: amd64
> CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
> Date: Wed Mar 21 09:23:31 2018
> EcryptfsInUse: Yes
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-03-19 (1 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64
> (20180105.1)
> ProcEnviron:
> TERM=xterm-256color
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: synaptic
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/synaptic/+bug/
> 1757460/+subscriptions
>

[gf (gf-interlinks-deactivatedaccount)]

Thanks for the update, David. I will close the report now.
Have a great day!
:)
G

Closed per reporter’s feedback.