gene heskett composed on 2023-06-20 16:08 (UTC-0400): > Felix Miata wrote:
>> gene heskett composed on 2023-06-20 10:51 (UTC-0400): >>>> Independently of whether you are able to do that without corrupting >>>> something, >>>> please provide here GUI terminal input/output from 'inxi -GSaz', The immediate goal here is to run inxi -GSaz, not Synaptic. >> ... >>> This is still bullseye, a netinstall from a week ago and I have >>> no inxi according to locate according to updatedb. >> Super! Install, as root, the excellent /current/ inxi script instead: >> cd /usr/local/bin && wget -O inxi smxi.org/inxi && chmod +x inxi > had to break this up and use sudo: should have become root first The instruction was "as root", not using sudo. However you can figure out to make /usr/local/bin/inxi executable so that you can run it either as user or as root. > gene@coyote:/usr/local/bin$ sudo wget -O inxi smxi.org/inxi && chmod +x inxi > --2023-06-20 13:44:17-- http://smxi.org/inxi > Resolving smxi.org (smxi.org)... 216.92.30.83 > Connecting to smxi.org (smxi.org)|216.92.30.83|:80... connected. > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently > Location: https://smxi.org/inxi [following] > --2023-06-20 13:44:17-- https://smxi.org/inxi > Connecting to smxi.org (smxi.org)|216.92.30.83|:443... connected. > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found > Location: https://github.com/smxi/inxi/raw/master/inxi [following] > --2023-06-20 13:44:17-- https://github.com/smxi/inxi/raw/master/inxi > Resolving github.com (github.com)... 140.82.112.3 > Connecting to github.com (github.com)|140.82.112.3|:443... connected. > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found > Location: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/smxi/inxi/master/inxi > [following] > --2023-06-20 13:44:18-- > https://raw.githubusercontent.com/smxi/inxi/master/inxi > Resolving raw.githubusercontent.com (raw.githubusercontent.com)... > 185.199.111.133, 185.199.108.133, 185.199.110.133, ... > Connecting to raw.githubusercontent.com > (raw.githubusercontent.com)|185.199.111.133|:443... connected. > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK > Length: 1200264 (1.1M) [text/plain] > Saving to: ‘inxi’ > > inxi > 100%[=========================================================================================>] > > 1.14M 3.62MB/s in 0.3s > > 2023-06-20 13:44:18 (3.62 MB/s) - ‘inxi’ saved [1200264/1200264] > > chmod: changing permissions of 'inxi': Operation not permitted > so: > sudo chmod +x inxi: > > Then I can run it as me, but not with sudo: > gene@coyote:/usr/local/bin$ synaptic Run it what? How did synaptic get in front of the inxi input/output I asked for? Inxi is a troubleshooting tool having nothing directly to do with Xorg, Wayland or Synaptic. https://paste.opensuse.org/pastes/c13485fcb27c shows you three basic things: 1-what inxi output should look like (on a PC using 4 displays) 2-Synaptic running in XFCE on Mint 21.1 (based on *buntu, based on Debian) (started from the XFCE menu system, not from any terminal) (as root, which as most of us know doesn't exist by default on Mint or *buntu) 3-inxi didn't find any "wayland" to report These are installed on the Mint that made the screenshot, made on Mint because that's the only place I ever have XFCE installed. My Debians *all* run TDE: # dpkg-query -W | egrep 'xorg|synaptic|wayland|apt' add-apt-key 1.0-0.5 apt 2.4.8 apt-clone 0.4.3+nmu1 apt-utils 2.4.8 aptdaemon 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu39mint1 aptdaemon-data 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu39mint1 aptitude 0.8.13-3ubuntu1 aptitude-common 0.8.13-3ubuntu1 apturl 0.5.2+linuxmint13 apturl-common 0.5.2+linuxmint13 laptop-detect 0.16 libapt-pkg-perl 0.1.40build2 libapt-pkg6.0:amd64 2.4.8 libatk-adaptor:amd64 2.38.0-3 libraptor2-0:amd64 2.0.15-0ubuntu4 libva-wayland2:amd64 2.14.0-1 libwayland-client0:amd64 1.20.0-1ubuntu0.1 libwayland-cursor0:amd64 1.20.0-1ubuntu0.1 libwayland-egl1:amd64 1.20.0-1ubuntu0.1 libwayland-egl1-mesa:amd64 22.0.5-0ubuntu0.3 libwayland-server0:amd64 1.20.0-1ubuntu0.1 python-apt-common 2.3.0ubuntu2.1 python3-apt 2.3.0ubuntu2.1 python3-aptdaemon 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu39mint1 python3-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu39mint1 synaptic 0.90.2+mint3+vanessa xorg 1:7.7+23ubuntu2 xorg-docs-core 1:1.7.1-1.2 xserver-xorg 1:7.7+23ubuntu2 xserver-xorg-core 2:21.1.3-2ubuntu2.5 xserver-xorg-input-all 1:7.7+23ubuntu2 xserver-xorg-input-libinput 1.2.1-1 xserver-xorg-legacy 2:21.1.3-2ubuntu2.5 xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu 22.0.0-1ubuntu0.1 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.1.0-2ubuntu1 xserver-xorg-video-fbdev 1:0.5.0-2build1 xserver-xorg-video-radeon 1:19.1.0-2ubuntu1 xserver-xorg-video-vesa 1:2.5.0-1build4 # You've shown the thread "Probably you're running Synaptic on Wayland with root permission." more than enough times already. That message is obviously some kind of generic message that is orthogonal to your inability to make Synaptic run from your XFCE terminal. When you try running Synaptic from the XFCE menu, does it produce any error message in any log, e.g. 'sudo journalctl -b | grep -i failed'??? -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata
