Odd message during upgrade

[Member MarkG_108]

From running “apt update && apt full-upgrade”, I received the following message:

Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused

(desktop-menu:4112): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 21:13:22.105: gtk_icon_theme_get_for_screen: assertion 'GDK_IS_SCREEN (screen)' failed
Writing Menu: icewm
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/desktop-menu", line 457, in <module>
    build_menu()
  File "/usr/local/bin/desktop-menu", line 301, in build_menu
    process_menu(menu)
  File "/usr/local/bin/desktop-menu", line 207, in process_menu
    icon = find_icon(entry) or default_folder_icon
  File "/usr/local/bin/desktop-menu", line 136, in find_icon
    if icon_theme.lookup_icon(appicon, icon_size, 0) and not no_gtk:
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'lookup_icon'

Should I be concerned about this? I’m running antiX on a MacBook Pro 5,5.

[edit] Subsequently running the same update command did not result in any errors. It simply stated that “All packages are up to date.” So, I assume everything is fine. But I did just want to check to be sure.

• This topic was modified 2 months ago by MarkG_108.
• This topic was modified 2 months ago by MarkG_108.

[Member sybok]

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Hi, I sometimes see that when I run such an update remotely (connected via SSH) or when running as root.

My guess is that it if you login as root (or remotely via SSH), the corresponding desktop session is not started and hence the corresponding Python class of the GTK-whatever is ‘None’ and it does not have the expected attributes.
Hence I consider it harmless.
If someone has another explanation, I am willing to learn.

[Member MarkG_108]

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sybok wrote:

or when running as root.

Okay, thanks. Yes, I was running it as root rather than sudo. So, that likely explains it.

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