On Friday 01 July 2011 20:07:25 T Elcor wrote: > Hi, > > Am having problems running KDE apps as root. To reproduce: > 1. Open the KDE Menu Editor > 2. Setup a new app item (for example, copy and paste Konqueror to > Konqueror-2) 3. Goto the "Advanced" tab and check the "Run as a different > user" checkbox 4. Type "root" in the username box > 5. Save changes > 6. Run Konqueror-2 from the KDE Kickoff Application Laucher. > > Konqueror-2 shows up briefly in the applicaton panel at the bottom but it > doesn't run. > > Any ideas? Thanks > > > > > # uname -a > Linux testbox 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Wed Jan 12 03:40:32 UTC 2011 x86_64 > GNU/Linux
Have you tried; alt+F2 to get krunner (I think that it is called), then enter: kdesu <application-that-you-want-to-run-as-root> <enter> enter root password when asked. Does this cause the same problem? Lisi -- 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/201107012144.34919.lisi.re...@gmail.com
