Bug 1446481

Summary: Gparted doesn't show up on launching from gnome desktop on Fedora 26
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Prakash Mishra <prakashmishra1598>
Component: gpartedAssignee: Mukundan Ragavan <nonamedotc>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 26CC: dakingun, mike.fleetwood, nonamedotc
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Description Prakash Mishra 2017-04-28 07:43:25 UTC
Description of problem: Gparted cannot be launched from gnome desktop. 


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible: Always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Launch Gparted from gnome desktop
2. Enter the password on prompt


Actual results: Gparted doesn't show up


Expected results: Gparted main screen should show up


Additional info:

Comment 1 Mukundan Ragavan 2017-04-28 11:50:18 UTC
Wayland?


Can you run 'gparted' from a terminal and post the output?

Comment 2 Prakash Mishra 2017-05-01 06:47:00 UTC
Yes, on wayland.

The output when gparted was run from the terminal:

Created symlink /run/systemd/system/-.mount → /dev/null.
Created symlink /run/systemd/system/boot.mount → /dev/null.
Created symlink /run/systemd/system/proc-fs-nfsd.mount → /dev/null.
Created symlink /run/systemd/system/run-user-1000.mount → /dev/null.
Created symlink /run/systemd/system/run-user-42.mount → /dev/null.
Created symlink /run/systemd/system/sysroot.mount → /dev/null.
Created symlink /run/systemd/system/tmp.mount → /dev/null.
Created symlink /run/systemd/system/var-lib-machines.mount → /dev/null.
Created symlink /run/systemd/system/var-lib-nfs-rpc_pipefs.mount → /dev/null.
No protocol specified

(gpartedbin:3182): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0
Removed /run/systemd/system/-.mount.
Removed /run/systemd/system/boot.mount.
Removed /run/systemd/system/proc-fs-nfsd.mount.
Removed /run/systemd/system/run-user-1000.mount.
Removed /run/systemd/system/run-user-42.mount.
Removed /run/systemd/system/sysroot.mount.
Removed /run/systemd/system/tmp.mount.
Removed /run/systemd/system/var-lib-machines.mount.
Removed /run/systemd/system/var-lib-nfs-rpc_pipefs.mount.

Comment 3 Mike Fleetwood 2017-05-27 07:18:38 UTC
This is documented as a known issue with Fedora 26:
  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F26_bugs#wayland-root-apps

By design Wayland does not allow processes run as a different user to
display on the desktop.  Therefore using "su" or "sudo" to display a
graphical application will not work.

Simple workaround is to run "xhost +SI:localuser:root" in a terminal
before running GParted.

This is also documented in the GParted forun here:
  [SOLVED] How to run GParted on a GNOME on Wayland desktop
  http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=17446

This bug should be closed as a duplicate of bug 1397103.
(But I don't have permission to do that).

Thanks,
Mike Fleetwood (GParted Developer)

Comment 4 Mukundan Ragavan 2017-05-28 03:06:08 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1397103 ***