Bug#880601: gdm fails to give wayland an Xauthority file, preventing running applications as root

Fri Nov 3 17:57:00 UTC 2017

forwarded 880601 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=789867
affects 880601 + gparted synaptic
thanks

On 11/3/2017 10:26 AM, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:
> Please forward this request upstream. We are unlikely to add a patch for this.

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.

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