It is a shame that you are unwilling to make a simple configuration change to prevent a completely broken experience for your users. People get very frustrated when they try to open an application and nothing happens. No error message; nothing. All because of a silly default policy. This is not a very Ubuntu thing to do.
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #789867 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=789867 ** Also affects: gdm via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=789867 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1652282 Title: Xwayland not using XAUTHORITY, prevents root applications from connecting To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gdm/+bug/1652282/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs