usbview.desktop requires su-to-root but usbview doesn't pull package menu as dependency
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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usbview (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
/usr/share/
[Desktop Entry]
Name=USBView
Comment=View USB devices attached to system
Exec=su-to-root -X -c /usr/bin/usbview
Icon=usbview
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Keywords=
Categories=
su-to-root belongs to package menu:
paulo:~$ apt-file search su-to-root
menu: /etc/su-to-rootrc
menu: /usr/bin/su-to-root
menu: /usr/sbin/
menu: /usr/share/
menu: /usr/share/
menu: /usr/share/
menu: /usr/share/
menu: /usr/share/
menu: /usr/share/
menu: /usr/share/
menu: /usr/share/
menu: /usr/share/
menu: /usr/share/
menu: /usr/share/
menu: /usr/share/
menu: /usr/share/
menu: /usr/share/
menu: /usr/share/
menu: /usr/share/
menu: /usr/share/
menu: /usr/share/
menu: /usr/share/
menu: /usr/share/
menu: /usr/share/
menu: /usr/share/
menu: /usr/share/
menu: /usr/share/
menu: /usr/share/
menu: /usr/share/
menu: /usr/share/
However, package usbview doesn't pull package menu as a dependency:
paulo:~$ apt show usbview
Package: usbview
Version: 2.0-21-
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <email address hidden>
Original-
Bugs: https:/
Installed-Size: 1.229 kB
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.0.0)
Suggests: usbutils
Homepage: http://
Download-Size: 244 kB
APT-Manual-
APT-Sources: http://
Description: USB device viewer
USBView is a small GTK+ application to show what the device tree of
the USB bus looks like. It shows a graphical representation of the
devices that are currently plugged in, showing the topology of the
USB bus. It also displays information on each individual device on
the bus.
bug #1327062 is related, although strictly not a duplicate.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: usbview 2.0-21-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-33-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Tue Aug 28 03:39:23 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-04-28 (121 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
SourcePackage: usbview
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.