Smart Package Manager GUI

[Skydancer]

Has anyone tried Smart Package Manager (in GUI mode) in Feisty? On my Kubuntu 7.04 I get the following error when I try to run it from the terminal:

sudo smart --gui
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified

/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py:69: GtkWarning: could not open display
 warnings.warn(str(e), _gtk.Warning)
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/smart/interfaces/gtk/log.py:36: Warning: invalid (NULL) pointer instance
 gtk.Window.__init__(self)
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/smart/interfaces/gtk/log.py:36: Warning: g_signal_connect_data: assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed
 gtk.Window.__init__(self)
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/smart/interfaces/gtk/log.py:50: GtkWarning: gtk_settings_get_for_screen: assertion `GDK_IS_SCREEN (screen)' failed
 self._scrollwin = gtk.ScrolledWindow()
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/smart/interfaces/gtk/log.py:59: GtkWarning: gdk_pango_context_get_for_screen: assertion `GDK_IS_SCREEN (screen)' failed
 self._scrollwin.add(self._textview)
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/smart/interfaces/gtk/log.py:59: PangoWarning: pango_context_set_font_description: assertion `context != NULL' failed
 self._scrollwin.add(self._textview)
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/smart/interfaces/gtk/log.py:59: PangoWarning: pango_context_set_base_dir: assertion `context != NULL' failed
 self._scrollwin.add(self._textview)
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/smart/interfaces/gtk/log.py:59: PangoWarning: pango_context_set_language: assertion `context != NULL' failed
 self._scrollwin.add(self._textview)
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/smart/interfaces/gtk/log.py:59: Warning: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
 self._scrollwin.add(self._textview)
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/smart/interfaces/gtk/log.py:59: GtkWarning: gtk_settings_get_for_screen: assertion `GDK_IS_SCREEN (screen)' failed
 self._scrollwin.add(self._textview)
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/smart/interfaces/gtk/log.py:59: GtkWarning: gdk_screen_get_display: assertion `GDK_IS_SCREEN (screen)' failed
 self._scrollwin.add(self._textview)
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/smart/interfaces/gtk/log.py:59: GtkWarning: gdk_keymap_get_for_display: assertion `GDK_IS_DISPLAY (display)' failed
 self._scrollwin.add(self._textview)
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/smart/interfaces/gtk/log.py:59: Warning: g_object_get: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
 self._scrollwin.add(self._textview)
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

I installed Smart-PM via Adept, using default repositories.

[raffytaffy]

Re: Smart Package Manager GUI

i am also getting the same error.

[Skydancer]

Re: Smart Package Manager GUI

I just noticed a curious thing: if I run it in normal user mode, GUI starts without any errors, but when I run it as a root user, the GUI doesn't show up.

[leftbas]

Re: Smart Package Manager GUI

How is it possible to run a package manager with any account other than root?

[Skydancer]

Re: Smart Package Manager GUI

It is, but in read-only mode, which of course does not help a lot.

[leftbas]

Re: Smart Package Manager GUI

That's odd, but logical. Odd because I can't run Adept without providing an 'su' password.

[Skydancer]

Re: Smart Package Manager GUI

Smart PM has always had ability to run it as a normal user, though I'm not sure to what purpose, since you can't do any administrative tasks.

[claydoh]

Re: Smart Package Manager GUI

use kdesu not sudo

kdesu "smart --gui"

You need kdesu (or gksu for gnome) for most gui apps run with admin privileges

[Skydancer]

Re: Smart Package Manager GUI

And I was sooo close. I tried kdesu smart --gui, only without quotation marks, because when I was a openSUSE user I just wrote smart --gui, or in console, su and then smart --gui. Thanks! It works now.

[popatopalous]

Re: Smart Package Manager GUI

use kdesu not sudo

kdesu "smart --gui"

You need kdesu (or gksu for gnome) for most gui apps run with admin privileges

I just installed Kubuntu 7.10 x86_64 and Smart is still setting up it's icon to start as 'smart --gui'. Could the package installer be changed to set it up to start as 'kdesu "smart --gui"?

[Snowhog]

Re: Smart Package Manager GUI

You can 'edit' the menu icon - right-click and choose Edit Item. Change the Command entry to kdesu "smart --gui" and then the diskette icon (Save) or click File | Save and you're done.

[popatopalous]

Re: Smart Package Manager GUI

You can 'edit' the menu icon - right-click and choose Edit Item. Change the Command entry to kdesu "smart --gui" and then the diskette icon (Save) or click File | Save and you're done.

Thanks, but I already did that. What I was trying to point out is that this needs to be corrected in the package installer. Maybe someone should file a bugzilla.