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[Andrea Azzarone <1172837@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1289204 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1289204

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1289204
   Local Menus don't work when running as root or invoking as root with "gksu" [video demo]

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Title:
  Python appindicator doesn't work in 13.04 when run as root

Status in Unity:
  New
Status in unity package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I have created a simple python program that uses the appinidicator function of unity (attached).
  When I run it as a regular user, it works perfectly. But when I use 'sudo ./testindicator.py' instead of '/testindicator.py' it doesn't show up.
  This only happens while running the latest version of unity in ubuntu 13.04.

  This is what it looks like from command-line:

  daboross@DaboUbuntu:~$ ./testindicator/testindicator.py 
  ^CTraceback (most recent call last):
    File "./testindicator/testindicator.py", line 20, in <module>
      gtk.main()
  KeyboardInterrupt
  daboross@DaboUbuntu:~$ sudo ./testindicator/testindicator.py 

  ^CTraceback (most recent call last):
    File "./testindicator/testindicator.py", line 20, in <module>
      gtk.main()
  KeyboardInterrupt

  (testindicator.py:16215): libappindicator-WARNING **: Unable to send signal for NewStatus: The connection is closed
  daboross@DaboUbuntu:~$ 

  I used ctrl-c to stop the program. From the time when I used the first
  command to when I used ctrl-c, an indicator icon did appear. It didn't
  when I used `sudo`.

  There is another program that I am using (pyAlienFX), that needs to
  run an appindicator as root. In 13.04, it seems that this does not
  work.

  This bug does not occur when I used `sudo` and am on Ubuntu 12.04.

  This is the output of unity --version:
  daboross@DaboUbuntu:~$ unity --version
  unity 7.0.0

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: unity 7.0.0daily13.04.18~13.04-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
  Date: Thu Apr 25 11:19:15 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-20 (5 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130419)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: unity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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