Thanks for reporting. This issue seems to still be present, so I've forwarded a bug report to Debian.
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #850516 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=850516 ** Also affects: gvrng (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=850516 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Tags added: xenial yakkety zesty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1027869 Title: Permission denied when launching program To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvrng/+bug/1027869/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs