This is likely because Synaptic is launched as a root user. If running synaptic from the commandline without sudo, the overlay scrollbars are not used.
Most likely, pkxec does not pass the DESKTOP_SESSION variable when launching an application, so we don't gain the benefits from /etc/X11/Xsession.d/56xubuntu-session -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1500307 Title: xubuntu does not disable gtk overlay scrollbars (i.e. use solid scrollbars) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xubuntu-default-settings/+bug/1500307/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
