I take back what I said in my previous comment. This does still affect 23.04, at least with Ubuntu MATE and Chrome. It all depends on how the processes are parented, which changes based on how you launch Chrome.
If I launch Chrome from the MATE menu, it gets parented to "systemd --user" and this problem doesn't occur. If I launch Chrome by clicking its icon in mate-panel, it gets parented to mate-panel instead, which follows a parenting chain of mate-session -> lightdm -> init. This difference also affects how gdebi ends up being parented when Chrome launches it from its downloads. gdebi ends up parented to init if I try to open a Chrome download from Chrome after I've launched Chrome from the panel, and this problem occurs. The same can be said about the "setsid gdebi-gtk package.deb" command. If I start MATE Terminal from the MATE menu and run that command, it works fine. If I start MATE Terminal from mate-panel and run the same command, it immediately exits and I get the "Refusing to render service to dead parents." message instead. I suspect this difference explains why some people haven't been able to reproduce this problem but others have. I will point out that Firefox, regardless of how it's launched, seems to not be affected anymore. gdebi always ends up parented by systemd when Firefox launches it. Clearly there is still value in fixing this in gdebi. I'll look into addressing Julian's feedback and resubmitting the fix. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to gdebi in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1854588 Title: gdebi-gtk calls pkexec inappropriately Status in gdebi package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Steps to reproduce: 1. Have Ubuntu with gdebi-gtk installed 2. Open Firefox 3. Visit some site with deb-package download link or use direct link like https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases/download/2.9.2.1/pandoc-2.9.2.1-1-amd64.deb 4. Proceed with file downloading 5. In Firefox select Library → Downloads, click on downloaded deb-file Expected results: * gdebi-gtk is opened, the package installs normally after users clicks Install button Actual results: * gdebi-gtk is opened, the package is not installed because of vanishing of gdebi-gtk window just after clicking Install button ---- Before anyone says this bug already exists... it doesn't (at least as far as I can see). It's just that a lot of similar bugs do/did exist where people have also experienced the same symptoms (of gdebi-gtk vanishing upon clicking 'Install'). So yes this is the same symptoms, but it must be a different cause as the circumstances are different and doesn't have the same resolution. The meat of it... Basically on a fresh install of Ubuntu MATE 18.04.3 amd64... with Firefox (or with Chrome if you installed that) go to any site that offers a .deb package and either... a) choose to open it directly from the browser (rather than saving it to 'Downloads' folder) b) or... save the file (e.g. to the 'Downloads' folder), BUT!.. open that file from within the browser itself. You should find that gdebi-gtk appears but vanishes the moment you click 'Install' without a prompt for a password, an explanation or the package actually getting installed. This bug has existed since the beginning of Ubuntu 18.04 however it's been largely confused with other similar bugs. I've had it on half a dozen machines and confirmed it exists with IRC users on #ubuntu-mate of freenode. However with *this* bug (compared to others) gdebi-gtk works perfectly fine if you run it from the terminal or just double click the .deb package from your file manager. It's the kind of bug which if you're a hardened desktop Linux user, you'd just work around it... But if you're a novice and you can't get a simple thing like Teamviewer installed (which is a .deb, and a thing I might ask someone to do over the phone to try to help them) you likely get fed up and re-install Windows :S Any input on this would be brilliant as I can't seem to get any logs/output. ~lantizia To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdebi/+bug/1854588/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
