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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: X programs as root
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 14:28:59
Message-Id: 4C9F5888.9090108@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: X programs as root by Robin Atwood
1 Robin Atwood wrote:
2 > On Sunday 26 September 2010, Dale wrote:
3 >
4 >> Dale wrote:
5 >>
6 >>> It appears that maybe portage got the order wrong or something was
7 >>> amiss with KDE. I re-emerged the following:
8 >>>
9 >>> kdebase-menu
10 >>> kdebase-menu-icons
11 >>> kmenuedit
12 >>> kdesu
13 >>>
14 >>> After that, it works again. So, either something was built in the
15 >>> wrong order or KDE had some issue with something. Oh, no config files
16 >>> to update after that either.
17 >>>
18 >>> Don't know what fixed it exactly but at least it works again. Maybe
19 >>> the OP should try rebuilding some packages too? May help, may not.
20 >>>
21 >>> Dale
22 >>>
23 >>> :-) :-)
24 >>>
25 >> I spoke to soon I guess. I was gone for a while so I cut my puter off.
26 >> Now, the programs don't work as root again even after recompiling those
27 >> packages again.
28 >>
29 >> This is weird. Works one time then stops again.
30 >>
31 > I always run several apps under kdesu and sometimes they don't start. Once I
32 > did an strace and found it hanging opening /var/tmp/kdecache-user; deleting
33 > all those solved the problem.
34 >
35 > HTH
36 > -Robin
37 >
38
39 I was about to post this. I logged out of KDE and went to single user.
40 I then used ps to list the processes and there was still a kdesu
41 running. I killed it and a couple other left overs, then logged back in
42 and everything is working again. It looks like KDE needs to do a little
43 more clean up when logging out.
44
45 I did clear some config files and cache files once before. I lost
46 bookmarks somehow. I need to save those somewhere so I can restore
47 them. ;-)
48
49 Dale
50
51 :-) :-)