On Jul 1, 2011 3:07 PM, "T Elcor" <tel...@yahoo.com> 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 > >
What happens if you leave the user blank? Not sure if that's the cause, but you shouldn't have to specify 'root'. > > > # uname -a > Linux testbox 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Wed Jan 12 03:40:32 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > > -- > 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/1309547245.52099.yahoomailclas...@web121911.mail.ne1.yahoo.com >
