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On Saturday 25 September 2010, Dale wrote: |
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> Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> > On 09/23/2010 04:18 AM, Dale wrote: |
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> >> Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> >>> On 09/22/2010 09:48 PM, Andrey Vul wrote: |
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> >>>> When I launch X programs via sudo, I get the following: |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>> $sudo gui-admin |
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> >>>> No protocol specified |
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> >>>> gui-admin: cannot connect to X server :0 |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>> ( Assume gui-admin is an X program ) |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>> But (gk|kde)su(do)? works. This is somewhat confusing. |
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> >>> |
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> >>> sudo doesn't keep the $DISPLAY environment variable by default. There |
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> >>> could be other issues too. Best stick to kdesu and friends; that's |
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> >>> what they are there for. |
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> >> |
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> >> Well, I noticed after the recent upgrade to 4.5.1 that mine doesn't work |
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> >> either. It worked before but not now. I'm not sure what changed between |
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> >> 4.4 and 4.5.1 but it broke my konqueror as root and other programs as |
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> >> well. Still have some I haven't tried tho. Konqueror is the one I need |
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> >> most. Oh, I can get Dolphin to work tho. The conspiracy theory part in |
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> >> me is starting to think. |
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> >> |
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> >> Sure would like to get this working again too. |
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> > |
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> > Again, use kdesu, not sudo. |
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> > |
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> > But if some reason you want sudo, /etc/sudoers has some info: |
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> > ## Run X applications through sudo |
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> > |
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> > Read the comments there and uncomment what suits you. Did I mention |
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> > that you should use kdesu instead of sudo? :-P |
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> Well, I don't really know what it is using. I just set up the menu item |
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> to run the program as root. I don't know if it uses su -, kdesu, sudo |
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> or what. I just know it worked until the upgrade a few days ago. |
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> Since KDE proclaimed this was supposed to be ready for widespread use |
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> and cut off KDE3, I sure do wish they would make up their mind HOW |
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> things are going to work. I would think they need to know that before |
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> claiming something was ready for widespread use. Makes me want to go |
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> back to KDE 3.5. At least I could get everything I need to work and |
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> survive a upgrade too. ;-) |
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> Oh well. This is the new normal for KDE I guess. lol |
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> Dale |
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> :-) :-) |
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I don't know what you are talking about. Setting up menu items? wtf? |
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