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Synaptic not showing up

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Synaptic not showing up

#1 Post by fred44nl »

on my Debian 9, I cannot get Synaptic package manager to open up.
when I try, I have to enter my password, next the cursor start spinning.
but that is all.
I already purged and re-installed it.
what log-file do I look at ??
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Re: Synaptic not showing up

#2 Post by 4D696B65 »

Run it from terminal and post the output

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the output in Terminal is:
fred44nl@Debian:~$ sudo synaptic
Unable to init server: Kon niet verbinden: Verbinding is geweigerd

(synaptic:8279): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
please not, that I am running headless.
I am trying to use Synaptic over RDP, which did work at some point.
but not any more.
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synaptic-pkexec
as normal user

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fred44nl@Debian:~$ synaptic-pkexec
==== AUTHENTICATING FOR com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic ===
Authentication is required to run the Synaptic Package Manager
Authenticating as: fred44nl,,, (fred44nl)
Password:
polkit-agent-helper-1: error response to PolicyKit daemon: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: No session for cookie
==== AUTHENTICATION FAILED ===
Error executing command as another user: Not authorized

This incident has been reported.
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#6 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

Try

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/usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 &
synaptic-pkexec
If it works add the first line to your desktop autostart.
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sorry, Gtk-WARNING **: 14:02:51.839: cannot open display:
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#8 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

fred44nl wrote:I am running headless
^ missed this... How can a gtk application run if you have no GUI?

Anyway this is all nonsense, just use the command line to install stuff, aptitude's curses interface can be very useful.
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Head_on_a_Stick wrote:
fred44nl wrote:I am running headless
^ missed this... How can a gtk application run if you have no GUI?

Anyway this is all nonsense, just use the command line to install stuff, aptitude's curses interface can be very useful.
well, the machine is headless, but I also connect with RDP.
and that's where Synaptics does not show.
it did, but not 'n more.

anyway, command line is just as good.
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fred44nl wrote: anyway, command line is just as good.
nope, it's better :wink:

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#11 Post by stevepusser »

Often these kinds of mysterious problems are the result of creating a FrankenDebian. Could you install inxi and show the result of

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inxi -r
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#12 Post by fred44nl »

I have no idea what you mean with FrankenDebian :)
but this is the result:
fred44nl@Debian:~$ inxi -r
Repos: Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates main contrib non-free
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/jcfp/nobetas/ubuntu xenial main
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/jcfp/sab-addons/ubuntu xenial main
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/deluge-team/ppa/ubuntu xenial main
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plexmediaserver.list
deb https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb/ public main
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Post by fred44nl » 2018-08-11 17:51

I have no idea what you mean with FrankenDebian :)
but this is the result:
Repo mix-and-match hit parade

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fred44nl wrote:I have no idea what you mean with FrankenDebian :)
but this is the result:
fred44nl@Debian:~$ inxi -r
Repos: Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates main contrib non-free
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/jcfp/nobetas/ubuntu xenial main
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/jcfp/sab-addons/ubuntu xenial main
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/deluge-team/ppa/ubuntu xenial main
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plexmediaserver.list
deb https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb/ public main
fred44nl@Debian:~$
you are mixing debian and ubuntu

this is bound to create problems
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#16 Post by fred44nl »

milomak wrote: you are mixing debian and ubuntu
this is bound to create problems
so I have read.
but how else can I install Sabnzbd+ and Deluge ??
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fred44nl wrote:
milomak wrote: you are mixing debian and ubuntu
this is bound to create problems
so I have read.
but how else can I install Sabnzbd+ and Deluge ??
install them from the debian repo
https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=sabnzbdplus
https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=deluge
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#18 Post by fred44nl »

ok, thanks
I have remove deluge from ppa and re-installed from Debian.
but sabnzbdplus from Debian Stretch is very old.
how can I get sabnzbdplus from Debian Buster ??
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#19 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

fred44nl wrote:how can I get sabnzbdplus from Debian Buster ??
You could try backporting it yourself:

https://wiki.debian.org/SimpleBackportCreation

Or maybe use `pip install` but that could b0rk any Debian Python stuff.
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#20 Post by Bulkley »

fred44nl wrote: . . . sabnzbdplus from Debian Stretch is very old.
how can I get sabnzbdplus from Debian Buster ??
Be careful of shiny new stuff syndrome.

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