[Wayland-bugs] [Bug 103894] Synaptic Package Manager and other apps that want to display as root will not run on wayland by default

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103894

            Bug ID: 103894
           Summary: Synaptic Package Manager and other apps that want to
                    display as root will not run on wayland by default
           Product: Wayland
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)
                OS: Linux (All)
            Status: NEW
          Severity: critical
          Priority: medium
         Component: wayland
          Assignee: wayland-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: mback at yahoo.com

Problem: Common and easily fixable issues are not documented on the Wayland
website -- and that can cause Newbs to give up prematurely on Wayland.

What I would like to see as a fix: Please create a place on your website that
talks about common problems with Wayland and solutions to those problems.

Further discussion:

The fix/workaround for the Synaptic problem is easy and available:

xhost +si:localuser:root
(place in Startup Application Preferences -- on Gnome)

The issue is that we users (meaning everyone that needs Synaptic on Linux --
meaning... _everyone_) have to hunt all over the Internet to find it.  It is
really bad in terms of experience for those that use Wayland for the first
time:

https://youtu.be/Z0N8OAkiK-g

Please create a place on your website that talks about common problems with
Wayland and solutions to those problems.

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