[Reportbug-maint] Bug#612092: reportbug: Does not run GUI as normal user

[Leslie Rhorer]

Package: reportbug
Version: 4.12.6
Severity: minor

When run as a normal user, reportbug issues an error and runs the text-only
version of the program.  It runs as a GUI if invoked as root.  The error is:

No protocol specified
/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py:57: GtkWarning: could
not open display
  warnings.warn(str(e), _gtk.Warning)

**NOTE:  This is under an XDMCP session of KDE4.**

-- Package-specific info:
** Environment settings:
INTERFACE="text"

** /home/lrhorer/.reportbugrc:
reportbug_version "3.47"
mode standard
ui text
email "lrhorer at satx.rr.com"

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages reportbug depends on:
ii  apt                     0.8.10.3         Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii  python                  2.6.6-3+squeeze5 interactive high-level
object-orie
ii  python-reportbug        4.12.6           Python modules for interacting
wit

reportbug recommends no packages.

Versions of packages reportbug suggests:
pn  debconf-utils        <none>              (no description available)
pn  debsums              <none>              (no description available)
pn  dlocate              <none>              (no description available)
pn  emacs22-bin-common | <none>              (no description available)
ii  file                 5.04-5              Determines file type using
"magic"
ii  gnupg                1.4.10-4            GNU privacy guard - a free PGP
rep
ii  python-gtk2          2.17.0-4            Python bindings for the GTK+
widge
pn  python-gtkspell      <none>              (no description available)
pn  python-urwid         <none>              (no description available)
ii  python-vte           1:0.24.3-2          Python bindings for the VTE
widget
ii  ssmtp [mail-transpor 2.64-4              extremely simple MTA to get
mail o
ii  xdg-utils            1.0.2+cvs20100307-2 desktop integration utilities
from

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/reportbug.conf changed [not included]

-- no debconf information