Etherape does not detect display when running as root on Wayland
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Etherape |
New
|
High
|
Unassigned | ||
| Ubuntu GNOME |
Confirmed
|
Low
|
Unassigned | ||
| etherape (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
When I run Etherape as a normal user it launches, but as my system is configured so that only root can capture, I am forced to run Etherape with sudo, however this means that the only output I get is this and that the program does not work as it does not launch and just exist after printing this:
No protocol specified
(etherape:
I am running Ubuntu GNOME 16.10 with GNOME 3.22 and this only started happening after I switched from Xorg to Wayland via the login screen.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: etherape 0.9.13-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-30-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Sat Dec 17 18:39:30 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-15 (216 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
SourcePackage: etherape
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-10-19 (58 days ago)
| Wise Melon (wise-melon-deactivatedaccount) wrote | #1 |
| description: | updated |
| Jeremy Bícha (jbicha) wrote | #2 |
| no longer affects: | gnome-shell (Ubuntu) |
| Changed in ubuntu-gnome: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Jeremy Bícha (jbicha) wrote | #3 |
| Wise Melon (wise-melon-deactivatedaccount) wrote | #4 |
| Changed in etherape (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Wise Melon (wise-melon-deactivatedaccount) wrote | #5 |
| Changed in etherape: | |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
| tags: | added: wayland |
| Wise Melon (wise-melon-deactivatedaccount) wrote | #6 |
| Changed in etherape (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
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