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Unetbootin will not start #177

Closed Appalbarry closed 7 years ago

Appalbarry commented 7 years ago

barryrueger@pop-os:~$ cat /etc/os-release NAME="Pop!_OS" VERSION="17.10 (Artful Aardvark)" ID=ubuntu ID_LIKE=debian PRETTY_NAME="Pop!_OS 17.10 (Artful Aardvark)" VERSION_ID="17.10" HOME_URL="https://system76.com/pop" SUPPORT_URL="http://support.system76.com/" BUG_REPORT_URL="https://github.com/system76/pop-distro/issues" PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://system76.com/privacy" VERSION_CODENAME=artful UBUNTU_CODENAME=artful

Issue/Bug Description Unetbootin will start, but stops before before loading entirely. See image. screenshot from 2017-10-19 18-47-04

Steps to reproduce (if you know) 1) Install Pop!_OS 2) Open Pop_Shop 3) Find and install Unetbootin 4) Close Pop_Shop and launch Unetbootin 5) Unetbootin starts to open, then stops with a blank pane.

Expected behaviour Unetbootin will launch fully.

Other Notes I actually found this with 17.04 this evening when I went to write the new ISO to a USB stick. Once I had a fresh install of 17.10 on my machine I tried Unetbootin again with no success. FWIW, Startup Disk Creator, also installed from Pop_Shop, also seems to not work. screenshot from 2017-10-19 18-56-45

isantop commented 7 years ago

Startup disk creator has been broken for a long time in Ubuntu. As a workaround for now, the Disk Utility has a built-in image writer that works great. You can get to it by opening Disks, clicking on the USB from the list on the left, then clicking on the headerbar menu and choosing "Restore disk image".

isantop commented 7 years ago

It looks like the problem unetbootin has is that it still uses gksu, which has long been deprecated. It may not be possible to use it anymore unless the developers update it to use PolicyKit.

Appalbarry commented 7 years ago

I'm coming in after years of using Synaptic on Mint, so there may be some underlying (Gnome?) logic that I don't understand. I had assumed that the applications available in the Pop_Shop were in some way checked to work with the Pop_OS. I'm also used to Synaptic identifying missing dependencies and asking if I wish to install them.

I'm wondering what benefit Pop_Shop offers that makes it a better choice than Synaptic or other software managers, aside from looking very user friendly.