Public bug reported: Running synaptic as superuser on Ubuntu Artful Daily Build results in an error specifying the following:
kacey@kacey-VirtualBox:~$ sudo synaptic No protocol specified Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused (synaptic:9311): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: synaptic 0.84.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.11.0-10.15-generic 4.11.8 Uname: Linux 4.11.0-10-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.6-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Sun Jul 23 15:05:28 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-07-23 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170720) 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) ** Affects: synaptic (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug artful wayland-session ** Attachment added: "Screenshot of terminal where the bug takes place." https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1705955/+attachment/4919947/+files/Screenshot%20from%202017-07-23%2015-11-15.png ** Summary changed: - Running synaptic as superuser on Ubuntu Artful Daily Build results in an error specifying the following: (synaptic:9311): No protocol specified Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused (synaptic:9311): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0 + Running Synaptic Package Manager as superuser via terminal results in the following error. ** Summary changed: - Running Synaptic Package Manager as superuser via terminal results in the following error. + Running Synaptic Package Manager as superuser via terminal results in the following error on Ubuntu Artful (17.10) Daily Build -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1705955 Title: Running Synaptic Package Manager as superuser via terminal results in the following error on Ubuntu Artful (17.10) Daily Build To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/synaptic/+bug/1705955/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs