Your message dated Mon, 8 Jun 2009 19:20:12 +0100 with message-id <200906081820.n58IKCqe015106@kmos.homeip.net> and subject line gnome-apt has been removed from Debian, closing #252911 has caused the Debian Bug report #252911, regarding gnome-apt: should suggest fix for "cannot open display" problem to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what this message is talking about, this may indicate a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact owner@bugs.debian.org immediately.) -- 252911: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=252911 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact owner@bugs.debian.org with problems
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- To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
- Subject: gnome-apt: should suggest fix for "cannot open display" problem
- From: "James R. Van Zandt" <jrvz@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2004 18:20:48 -0400
- Message-id: <E1BWjWy-0000yC-00@vanzandt.comcast.net>
Package: gnome-apt Severity: wishlist At present, when the normal user has an X session running, all these fail: gnome-apt insufficient permissions su - ; gnome-apt "cannot open display" su -p ; gnome-apt directories missing from PATH In the second case, I suggest that gnome-apt should provide a suggestion, e.g.: Suggestions: (1) log out of this X session, log back in as root (2) If on a safe network: $ xhost + # allow anyone to open the display $ su - # export DISPLAY=:0.0 # gnome-apt (3) (your better method?) - Jim Van Zandt -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.4.26 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
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- To: 252911-done@bugs.debian.org
- Subject: gnome-apt has been removed from Debian, closing #252911
- From: Marco Rodrigues <gothicx@sapo.pt>
- Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 19:20:12 +0100
- Message-id: <200906081820.n58IKCqe015106@kmos.homeip.net>
Version: 0.4.9-5+rm The gnome-apt package has been removed from Debian so we are closing the bugs that were still opened against it. For more information about this package's removal, read http://bugs.debian.org/414526 . That bug might give the reasons why this package was removed, and suggestions of possible replacements. Don't hesitate to reply to this mail if you have any question. Thank you for your contribution to Debian. Kind regards, -- Marco Rodrigues
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