I have now also reported this issue upstream: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=763531
** Description changed: I am in need of doing some diagnostics work with "xdiagnose", however when searching for it in the Activities Overview, and then clicking on it, absolutely nothing happens, when in the past it would ask me for my password so that I could run it as root. - I looked further into this and tried running it in Terminal: + I looked further into the issue and when trying to run it through + Terminal: - xdiagnose + xdiagnose - And this was the output from the command: + This was the output I got: - Error: Must run as superuser + Error: Must run as superuser - There was no output from the command: + But when running it in Terminal like so: - grep -r 'xdiagnose' ~/.local/share/applications + pkexec xdiagnose + + It prompted for the password as it normally would and should (so pkexec + is not the issue). + + There was also no output from the command: + + grep -r 'xdiagnose' ~/.local/share/applications And the output of this command "grep -r 'xdiagnose' /usr/share/applications" was: - /usr/share/applications/xdiagnose.desktop:Name=xdiagnose - /usr/share/applications/xdiagnose.desktop:Exec=pkexec xdiagnose - /usr/share/applications/xdiagnose.desktop:Icon=/usr/share/xdiagnose/icons/microscope.svg - /usr/share/applications/xdiagnose.desktop:X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=xdiagnose + /usr/share/applications/xdiagnose.desktop:Name=xdiagnose + /usr/share/applications/xdiagnose.desktop:Exec=pkexec xdiagnose + /usr/share/applications/xdiagnose.desktop:Icon=/usr/share/xdiagnose/icons/microscope.svg + /usr/share/applications/xdiagnose.desktop:X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=xdiagnose The contents of the file is this: - [Desktop Entry] - Name=xdiagnose - GenericName=Diagnose Graphics Issues - Comment=X.org Diagnostic and Repair Utility - Exec=pkexec xdiagnose - Icon=/usr/share/xdiagnose/icons/microscope.svg - Terminal=false - Type=Application - Categories=System;Settings; - X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=xdiagnose + [Desktop Entry] + Name=xdiagnose + GenericName=Diagnose Graphics Issues + Comment=X.org Diagnostic and Repair Utility + Exec=pkexec xdiagnose + Icon=/usr/share/xdiagnose/icons/microscope.svg + Terminal=false + Type=Application + Categories=System;Settings; + X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=xdiagnose I have reinstalled it with "sudo apt-get install --reinstall xdiagnose", however this seems to have made no difference at all to anything. I have also attempted to launch another application via the Activities - Overview that uses pkexec to start, and it works fine as normal. + Overview that uses 'pkexec' to start, and it works fine as normal. - --- - - **OS Information:** - - No LSB modules are available. - Distributor ID: Ubuntu - Description: Ubuntu 15.04 - Release: 15.04 - Codename: vivid - Flavour: Gnome - Gnome Version: 3.16 + I initially experienced this issue on Ubuntu GNOME 15.04 with GNOME + 3.16, then on Ubuntu GNOME 15.10 with GNOME 3.18, and now on Ubuntu + GNOME 16.04 with GNOME 3.19. Though I remember a time when this issue + wasn't present (probably when I was running Ubuntu GNOME 15.04 with + GNOME 3.14 - I will test it and then update the report). ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #763531 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=763531 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xdiagnose in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1483276 Title: Unable to launch xdiagnose through the Activities Overview in the normal way Status in Ubuntu GNOME: New Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: New Status in xdiagnose package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I am in need of doing some diagnostics work with "xdiagnose", however when searching for it in the Activities Overview, and then clicking on it, absolutely nothing happens, when in the past it would ask me for my password so that I could run it as root. I looked further into the issue and when trying to run it through Terminal: xdiagnose This was the output I got: Error: Must run as superuser But when running it in Terminal like so: pkexec xdiagnose It prompted for the password as it normally would and should (so pkexec is not the issue). There was also no output from the command: grep -r 'xdiagnose' ~/.local/share/applications And the output of this command "grep -r 'xdiagnose' /usr/share/applications" was: /usr/share/applications/xdiagnose.desktop:Name=xdiagnose /usr/share/applications/xdiagnose.desktop:Exec=pkexec xdiagnose /usr/share/applications/xdiagnose.desktop:Icon=/usr/share/xdiagnose/icons/microscope.svg /usr/share/applications/xdiagnose.desktop:X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=xdiagnose The contents of the file is this: [Desktop Entry] Name=xdiagnose GenericName=Diagnose Graphics Issues Comment=X.org Diagnostic and Repair Utility Exec=pkexec xdiagnose Icon=/usr/share/xdiagnose/icons/microscope.svg Terminal=false Type=Application Categories=System;Settings; X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=xdiagnose I have reinstalled it with "sudo apt-get install --reinstall xdiagnose", however this seems to have made no difference at all to anything. I have also attempted to launch another application via the Activities Overview that uses 'pkexec' to start, and it works fine as normal. I initially experienced this issue on Ubuntu GNOME 15.04 with GNOME 3.16, then on Ubuntu GNOME 15.10 with GNOME 3.18, and now on Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 with GNOME 3.19. Though I remember a time when this issue wasn't present (probably when I was running Ubuntu GNOME 15.04 with GNOME 3.14 - I will test it and then update the report). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1483276/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
