Public bug reported: Shortly after upgrading Ubuntu from 17.04 to 17.10, Synaptic stopped working, with "Segmentation Fault" on start. Both the symptoms and the workaround are the same as in https://bugs.launchpad.net/synapse-project/+bug/1592008
This works: sudo synaptic --display=:0 As it does appending ` --display=:0` to the end of `Exec=synaptic- pkexec` in the file `/usr/share/applications/synaptic.desktop`. $ ls -l /tmp/.X11-unix total 0 srwxr-xr-x 1 crusaderky homeusers 0 Nov 4 09:52 X0 srwxrwxr-x 1 gdm gdm 0 Nov 4 09:52 X1024 where crusaderky:homeusers is the user I'm logged in as. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: synaptic 0.84.2 [modified: usr/share/applications/synaptic.desktop] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat Nov 4 10:10:55 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-12-02 (702 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021) SourcePackage: synaptic UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-10-22 (12 days ago) ** Affects: synaptic (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug artful third-party-packages wayland-session -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1730059 Title: synaptic Segmentation Fault on Ubuntu 17.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/synaptic/+bug/1730059/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs