[Group.of.nepali.translators] [Bug 1483276] Re: Unable to launch xdiagnose through the Activities Overview in the normal way
** Changed in: gnome-shell Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of नेपाली भाषा समायोजकहरुको समूह, which is subscribed to Xenial. Matching subscriptions: Ubuntu 16.04 Bugs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1483276 Title: Unable to launch xdiagnose through the Activities Overview in the normal way Status in GNOME Shell: Fix Released Status in Ubuntu GNOME: Fix Released Status in xdiagnose package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in xdiagnose source package in Xenial: Fix Released Bug description: Impact == Clicking the icon in GNOME Shell's Activities Overview for xdiagnose fails silently. Nothing happens. xdiagnose is a default app in Ubuntu GNOME so this is a major papercut. Another bug being fixed in this upload is that xdiagnose hard-coded its app icon location making it impossible for icon themes to override it. Test Case = 1. From Ubuntu GNOME 16.04, install the update. 2. Note that GNOME Shell caches app icons so the xdiagnose icon will probably disappear. You can fix this by logging out and logging back or by running Alt-F2 and entering the letter r in the popup. Wait a few moments for gnome-shell to reload. 3. Open the Activies Overview. Search for xdiagnose and click the app in the results. 4. Does xdiagnose run? Does its icon display ok? Regression Potential Low. The primary change basically just copies what Synaptic does with its synaptic-pkexec launcher. Except for the minor glitch with the icon disappearing until GNOME Shell is reloaded, the icon switch is simple. Original Bug Report === 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 3.20. Though I remember a time when this issue wasn't present (probably when I was running Ubuntu GNOME 15.04 with GNOME 3.14). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+bug/1483276/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~group.of.nepali.translators Post to : group.of.nepali.translators@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~group.of.nepali.translators More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Group.of.nepali.translators] [Bug 1483276] Re: Unable to launch xdiagnose through the Activities Overview in the normal way
** No longer affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of नेपाली भाषा समायोजकहरुको समूह, which is subscribed to Xenial. Matching subscriptions: Ubuntu 16.04 Bugs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1483276 Title: Unable to launch xdiagnose through the Activities Overview in the normal way Status in gnome-shell: Confirmed Status in Ubuntu GNOME: Fix Released Status in xdiagnose package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in xdiagnose source package in Xenial: Fix Released Bug description: Impact == Clicking the icon in GNOME Shell's Activities Overview for xdiagnose fails silently. Nothing happens. xdiagnose is a default app in Ubuntu GNOME so this is a major papercut. Another bug being fixed in this upload is that xdiagnose hard-coded its app icon location making it impossible for icon themes to override it. Test Case = 1. From Ubuntu GNOME 16.04, install the update. 2. Note that GNOME Shell caches app icons so the xdiagnose icon will probably disappear. You can fix this by logging out and logging back or by running Alt-F2 and entering the letter r in the popup. Wait a few moments for gnome-shell to reload. 3. Open the Activies Overview. Search for xdiagnose and click the app in the results. 4. Does xdiagnose run? Does its icon display ok? Regression Potential Low. The primary change basically just copies what Synaptic does with its synaptic-pkexec launcher. Except for the minor glitch with the icon disappearing until GNOME Shell is reloaded, the icon switch is simple. Original Bug Report === 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 3.20. Though I remember a time when this issue wasn't present (probably when I was running Ubuntu GNOME 15.04 with GNOME 3.14). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+bug/1483276/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~group.of.nepali.translators Post to : group.of.nepali.translators@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~group.of.nepali.translators More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Group.of.nepali.translators] [Bug 1483276] Re: Unable to launch xdiagnose through the Activities Overview in the normal way
** Changed in: ubuntu-gnome Status: In Progress => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of नेपाली भाषा समायोजकहरुको समूह, which is subscribed to Xenial. Matching subscriptions: Ubuntu 16.04 Bugs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1483276 Title: Unable to launch xdiagnose through the Activities Overview in the normal way Status in gnome-shell: Confirmed Status in Ubuntu GNOME: Fix Released Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in xdiagnose package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in xdiagnose source package in Xenial: Fix Released Bug description: Impact == Clicking the icon in GNOME Shell's Activities Overview for xdiagnose fails silently. Nothing happens. xdiagnose is a default app in Ubuntu GNOME so this is a major papercut. Another bug being fixed in this upload is that xdiagnose hard-coded its app icon location making it impossible for icon themes to override it. Test Case = 1. From Ubuntu GNOME 16.04, install the update. 2. Note that GNOME Shell caches app icons so the xdiagnose icon will probably disappear. You can fix this by logging out and logging back or by running Alt-F2 and entering the letter r in the popup. Wait a few moments for gnome-shell to reload. 3. Open the Activies Overview. Search for xdiagnose and click the app in the results. 4. Does xdiagnose run? Does its icon display ok? Regression Potential Low. The primary change basically just copies what Synaptic does with its synaptic-pkexec launcher. Except for the minor glitch with the icon disappearing until GNOME Shell is reloaded, the icon switch is simple. Original Bug Report === 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 3.20. Though I remember a time when this issue wasn't present (probably when I was running Ubuntu GNOME 15.04 with GNOME 3.14). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+bug/1483276/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~group.of.nepali.translators Post to : group.of.nepali.translators@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~group.of.nepali.translators More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Group.of.nepali.translators] [Bug 1483276] Re: Unable to launch xdiagnose through the Activities Overview in the normal way
This bug was fixed in the package xdiagnose - 3.8.4.1 --- xdiagnose (3.8.4.1) xenial; urgency=medium * Use xdiagnose-pkexec helper script (like synaptic-pkexec) to fix xdiagnose not starting from GNOME's Activities Overview (LP: #1483276) * Install app icon in standard location (making it themeable) -- Jeremy Bicha Sat, 20 Aug 2016 00:55:14 -0400 ** Changed in: xdiagnose (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of नेपाली भाषा समायोजकहरुको समूह, which is subscribed to Xenial. Matching subscriptions: Ubuntu 16.04 Bugs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1483276 Title: Unable to launch xdiagnose through the Activities Overview in the normal way Status in gnome-shell: Confirmed Status in Ubuntu GNOME: In Progress Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in xdiagnose package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in xdiagnose source package in Xenial: Fix Released Bug description: Impact == Clicking the icon in GNOME Shell's Activities Overview for xdiagnose fails silently. Nothing happens. xdiagnose is a default app in Ubuntu GNOME so this is a major papercut. Another bug being fixed in this upload is that xdiagnose hard-coded its app icon location making it impossible for icon themes to override it. Test Case = 1. From Ubuntu GNOME 16.04, install the update. 2. Note that GNOME Shell caches app icons so the xdiagnose icon will probably disappear. You can fix this by logging out and logging back or by running Alt-F2 and entering the letter r in the popup. Wait a few moments for gnome-shell to reload. 3. Open the Activies Overview. Search for xdiagnose and click the app in the results. 4. Does xdiagnose run? Does its icon display ok? Regression Potential Low. The primary change basically just copies what Synaptic does with its synaptic-pkexec launcher. Except for the minor glitch with the icon disappearing until GNOME Shell is reloaded, the icon switch is simple. Original Bug Report === 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 3.20. Though I remember a time when this issue wasn't present (probably when I was running Ubuntu GNOME 15.04 with GNOME 3.14). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+bug/1483276/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~group.of.nepali.translators Post to : group.of.nepali.translators@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~group.of.nepali.translators More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Group.of.nepali.translators] [Bug 1483276] Re: Unable to launch xdiagnose through the Activities Overview in the normal way
This bug was fixed in the package xdiagnose - 3.8.5 --- xdiagnose (3.8.5) yakkety; urgency=medium * Use xdiagnose-pkexec helper script (like synaptic-pkexec) to fix xdiagnose not starting from GNOME's Activities Overview (LP: #1483276) * Install app icon in standard location (making it themeable) -- Jeremy Bicha Sat, 20 Aug 2016 00:55:14 -0400 ** Changed in: xdiagnose (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of नेपाली भाषा समायोजकहरुको समूह, which is subscribed to Xenial. Matching subscriptions: Ubuntu 16.04 Bugs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1483276 Title: Unable to launch xdiagnose through the Activities Overview in the normal way Status in gnome-shell: Confirmed Status in Ubuntu GNOME: In Progress Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in xdiagnose package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in xdiagnose source package in Xenial: In Progress Bug description: Impact == Clicking the icon in GNOME Shell's Activities Overview for xdiagnose fails silently. Nothing happens. xdiagnose is a default app in Ubuntu GNOME so this is a major papercut. Another bug being fixed in this upload is that xdiagnose hard-coded its app icon location making it impossible for icon themes to override it. Test Case = 1. From Ubuntu GNOME 16.04, install the update. 2. Note that GNOME Shell caches app icons so the xdiagnose icon will probably disappear. You can fix this by logging out and logging back or by running Alt-F2 and entering the letter r in the popup. Wait a few moments for gnome-shell to reload. 3. Open the Activies Overview. Search for xdiagnose and click the app in the results. 4. Does xdiagnose run? Does its icon display ok? Regression Potential Low. The primary change basically just copies what Synaptic does with its synaptic-pkexec launcher. Except for the minor glitch with the icon disappearing until GNOME Shell is reloaded, the icon switch is simple. Original Bug Report === 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 3.20. Though I remember a time when this issue wasn't present (probably when I was running Ubuntu GNOME 15.04 with GNOME 3.14). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+bug/1483276/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~group.of.nepali.translators Post to : group.of.nepali.translators@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~group.of.nepali.translators More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Group.of.nepali.translators] [Bug 1483276] Re: Unable to launch xdiagnose through the Activities Overview in the normal way
** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of नेपाली भाषा समायोजकहरुको समूह, which is subscribed to Xenial. Matching subscriptions: Ubuntu 16.04 Bugs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1483276 Title: Unable to launch xdiagnose through the Activities Overview in the normal way Status in gnome-shell: Confirmed Status in Ubuntu GNOME: In Progress Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in xdiagnose package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Status in xdiagnose source package in Xenial: In Progress Bug description: Impact == Clicking the icon in GNOME Shell's Activities Overview for xdiagnose fails silently. Nothing happens. xdiagnose is a default app in Ubuntu GNOME so this is a major papercut. Another bug being fixed in this upload is that xdiagnose hard-coded its app icon location making it impossible for icon themes to override it. Test Case = 1. From Ubuntu GNOME 16.04, install the update. 2. Note that GNOME Shell caches app icons so the xdiagnose icon will probably disappear. You can fix this by logging out and logging back or by running Alt-F2 and entering the letter r in the popup. Wait a few moments for gnome-shell to reload. 3. Open the Activies Overview. Search for xdiagnose and click the app in the results. 4. Does xdiagnose run? Does its icon display ok? Regression Potential Low. The primary change basically just copies what Synaptic does with its synaptic-pkexec launcher. Except for the minor glitch with the icon disappearing until GNOME Shell is reloaded, the icon switch is simple. Original Bug Report === 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 3.20. Though I remember a time when this issue wasn't present (probably when I was running Ubuntu GNOME 15.04 with GNOME 3.14). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+bug/1483276/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~group.of.nepali.translators Post to : group.of.nepali.translators@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~group.of.nepali.translators More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Group.of.nepali.translators] [Bug 1483276] Re: Unable to launch xdiagnose through the Activities Overview in the normal way
** Also affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: xdiagnose (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** No longer affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu Xenial) ** Changed in: xdiagnose (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: xdiagnose (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: xdiagnose (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: Triaged => In Progress ** Changed in: xdiagnose (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of नेपाली भाषा समायोजकहरुको समूह, which is subscribed to Xenial. Matching subscriptions: Ubuntu 16.04 Bugs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1483276 Title: Unable to launch xdiagnose through the Activities Overview in the normal way Status in gnome-shell: Confirmed Status in Ubuntu GNOME: In Progress Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in xdiagnose package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Status in xdiagnose source package in Xenial: In Progress 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 3.20. Though I remember a time when this issue wasn't present (probably when I was running Ubuntu GNOME 15.04 with GNOME 3.14). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+bug/1483276/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~group.of.nepali.translators Post to : group.of.nepali.translators@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~group.of.nepali.translators More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
