[Bug 1713362] Re: Unable to use gdebi-gtk on Wayland session

[Norbert]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1713313 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1713313

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1713313
   Unable to launch pkexec'ed applications on Wayland session

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Title:
  Unable to use gdebi-gtk on Wayland session

Status in gdebi package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Steps to reproduce:
  1. Install Ubuntu 17.10.
  2. Install gdebi-gtk package
  3. Try to install deb-file (for example http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/universe/s/systemd-ui/systemd-ui_3-4_i386.deb)
  4a. Gdebi GUI opens, clicked Install package, entered sudo password, window closes.
  4b. In console it prints error messages:

  $ gdebi-gtk ~/Downloads/systemd-ui_3-4_i386.deb 
  No protocol specified
  Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
  No protocol specified
  Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
  No protocol specified
  Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
  Segmentation fault

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
  Package: gdebi 0.9.5.7+nmu1ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.12.0-11.12-generic 4.12.5
  Uname: Linux 4.12.0-11-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.20.6-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: i386
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Sun Aug 27 23:17:05 2017
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-08-26 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha i386 (20170826)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: gdebi
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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