#719429 synaptic: locks up after a while when opened with gksu

Package:
synaptic
Source:
synaptic
Description:
Graphical package manager
Submitter:
Alex Karro
Date:
2013-08-23 15:12:14 UTC
Severity:
important
#719429#5
Date:
2013-08-11 16:05:43 UTC
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I have a menu entry which basically runs synaptic with gksu (gksu synaptic).
Once started it locks up after 2-3 minutes of use. Closing the window doesn't
kill the process, so I have to use pkill under sudo. I tried opening synaptic
through sudo and that doesn't cause it to lock up. I checked my logs and I get
a bunch of entries with:

(synaptic:3307): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkNotebook 0x23f8370 is mapped but visible
child GtkLabel 0x2484560 is not mapped

These also appear when I open it through sudo. I tried disabling the compositor
but that didn't help. I managed to find the same issue on launchpad (bug:
#1178024). It's currently marked as unresolved.
#719429#10
Date:
2013-08-23 15:10:23 UTC
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Looks similar to http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=711568