This a test on yakkety 64 bits with a gnome-shell session: with or without 'sudo' into a terminal load the app, but lot of garbage
oem@u64:~$ gnome-software oem@u64:~$ sudo gnome-software [sudo] password for oem: (gnome-software:19304): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to get the GNOME session proxy: The name org.gnome.SessionManager is not owned (gnome-software:19304): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to get the Xfce session proxy: The name org.xfce.SessionManager is not owned (gnome-software:19304): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to get an inhibit portal proxy: The name org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop is not owned (gnome-software:19304): As-CRITICAL **: as_app_add_category: assertion 'category != NULL' failed (gnome-software:19304): GsPlugin-WARNING **: failed to load stock icon mypaint: Icon 'mypaint' not present in theme (null) (gnome-software:19304): GsPlugin-WARNING **: failed to load stock icon scribus: Icon 'scribus' not present in theme (null) (gnome-software:19304): GsPlugin-WARNING **: failed to load stock icon texmaker: Icon 'texmaker' not present in theme (null) (gnome-software:19304): GsPlugin-WARNING **: failed to load stock icon mypaint: Icon 'mypaint' not present in theme (null) (gnome-software:19304): GsPlugin-WARNING **: failed to load stock icon hexchat: Icon 'hexchat' not present in theme (null) (gnome-software:19304): GsPlugin-WARNING **: failed to load stock icon audacity: Icon 'audacity' not present in theme (null) (gnome-software:19304): GsPlugin-WARNING **: failed to load stock icon ptbatcher: Icon 'ptbatcher' not present in theme (null) (gnome-software:19304): GsPlugin-WARNING **: failed to load stock icon k3b: Icon 'k3b' not present in theme (null) (gnome-software:19304): GsPlugin-WARNING **: failed to load stock icon cairo-dock: Icon 'cairo-dock' not present in theme (null) (gnome-software:19304): GsPlugin-WARNING **: failed to load stock icon tagainijisho: Icon 'tagainijisho' not present in theme (null) (gnome-software:19304): GsPlugin-WARNING **: failed to load stock icon scribus: Icon 'scribus' not present in theme (null) (gnome-software:19304): GsPlugin-WARNING **: failed to load stock icon mypaint: Icon 'mypaint' not present in theme (null) (gnome-software:19304): Gs-WARNING **: hiding recommended applications: found only 5 to show, need at least 8 (gnome-software:19304): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_get_width: assertion 'GDK_IS_PIXBUF (pixbuf)' failed (gnome-software:19304): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_cairo_surface_create_from_pixbuf: assertion 'GDK_IS_PIXBUF (pixbuf)' failed (gnome-software:19304): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: <data>:5:28: The style property GtkWidget:focus-padding is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version ** Tags added: yakkety -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1606275 Title: gnome-software doesn't run To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1606275/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs