On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 19:25 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 10/06/11 18:27, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > I'm guessing from the gedit that you're running Gnome? > Have you tried gksu and gksudo > eg:- > #gksu gedit (will work if installed)
$ gksu gedit (gedit:13772): EggSMClient-WARNING **: Failed to connect to the session manager: None of the authentication protocols specified are supported (gedit:13772): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to rename '/root/.recently-used.xbel': No such file or directory (gedit:13772): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to store changes into `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: Failed to create file '/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel.TWE1WV': No such file or directory (gedit:13772): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to set the permissions of `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: No such file or directory Since gedit opens and works when running it after su, su - or with gksu it's ok, even with those warnings ;). -- Ralf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1307701217.13487.17.camel@debian
