Re: [kde-linux] KDESU doesn't work again with 4.10

2013-05-23 Thread Duncan
James Tyrer posted on Thu, 23 May 2013 15:28:08 -0700 as excerpted: > Following up on this. I find that there is a great mystery which I > presume is a bug. > > Your 'desktop' file works when it is in a menu. > > Specifically, there is a menu item under System that correctly opens a > filemanag

Re: [kde-linux] KDESU doesn't work again with 4.10

2013-05-23 Thread Dale
James Tyrer wrote: > > Following up on this. I find that there is a great mystery which I > presume is a bug. > > Your 'desktop' file works when it is in a menu. > > Specifically, there is a menu item under System that correctly opens a > filemanager window as root using KDESU. However, if you dr

Re: [kde-linux] KDESU doesn't work again with 4.10

2013-05-23 Thread James Tyrer
On 04/23/2013 12:44 PM, Dale wrote: James Tyrer wrote: BTW, when you make changes to you KDE menu, 'desktop' files for that user are created in: $HOME/.local/share/applications/ So, the changes to the 'desktop' file are KDE extensions: X-KDE-SubstituteUID=true X-KDE-Username=root So, n

Re: [kde-linux] KDESU doesn't work again with 4.10

2013-04-26 Thread James Tyrer
On 04/24/2013 02:53 AM, Duncan wrote: James Tyrer posted on Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:33:50 -0700 as excerpted: The KDESU window open, I enter the root password, click the button, the window disappears, and nothing further happens. No Konqueror and no error box. I do think that there are reaso

Re: [kde-linux] KDESU doesn't work again with 4.10

2013-04-24 Thread Duncan
James Tyrer posted on Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:33:50 -0700 as excerpted: > The KDESU window open, I enter the root password, click the button, the > window disappears, and nothing further happens. No Konqueror and no > error box. By policy I don't run any root (or for that matter other user) X apps a

Re: [kde-linux] KDESU doesn't work again with 4.10

2013-04-23 Thread James Tyrer
On 04/23/2013 01:33 PM, Dale wrote: James Tyrer wrote: BTW, when you make changes to you KDE menu, 'desktop' files for that user are created in: $HOME/.local/share/applications/ So, the changes to the 'desktop' file are KDE extensions: X-KDE-SubstituteUID=true X-KDE-Username=root So, n

Re: [kde-linux] KDESU doesn't work again with 4.10

2013-04-23 Thread Dale
James Tyrer wrote: > > BTW, when you make changes to you KDE menu, 'desktop' files for that > user are created in: > > $HOME/.local/share/applications/ > > So, the changes to the 'desktop' file are KDE extensions: > > X-KDE-SubstituteUID=true > X-KDE-Username=root > > So, now I need help. I ha

Re: [kde-linux] KDESU doesn't work again with 4.10

2013-04-23 Thread James Tyrer
On 04/23/2013 12:21 AM, Dale wrote: James Tyrer wrote: On 04/20/2013 11:01 PM, Dale wrote: I still use Konqueror as root too. I have a menu item set up this way. For command: "kfmclient openProfile filemanagement" and then I set it to run as user root under advanced. It works even after th

Re: [kde-linux] KDESU doesn't work again with 4.10

2013-04-23 Thread Dale
James Tyrer wrote: > On 04/20/2013 11:01 PM, Dale wrote: >> >> >> I still use Konqueror as root too. I have a menu item set up this way. >> For command: "kfmclient openProfile filemanagement" and then I set it >> to run as user root under advanced. It works even after the upgrade and >> has work

Re: [kde-linux] KDESU doesn't work again with 4.10

2013-04-22 Thread James Tyrer
On 04/20/2013 11:01 PM, Dale wrote: James Tyrer wrote: I installed the link to: "kdesu" and I found that a desktop fine that used it doesn't work. The file had: Exec=kdesu -c "konqueror --profile filemanagement /" --caption "SU Root KFM" {that is one line} Instead of Konqueror, I get a windo

Re: [kde-linux] KDESU doesn't work again with 4.10

2013-04-20 Thread Dale
James Tyrer wrote: > I installed the link to: "kdesu" and I found that a desktop fine that > used it doesn't work. The file had: > > Exec=kdesu -c "konqueror --profile filemanagement /" --caption "SU > Root KFM" > > {that is one line} > > Instead of Konqueror, I get a window titled: "Konqueror - T

[kde-linux] KDESU doesn't work again with 4.10

2013-04-20 Thread James Tyrer
I installed the link to: "kdesu" and I found that a desktop fine that used it doesn't work. The file had: Exec=kdesu -c "konqueror --profile filemanagement /" --caption "SU Root KFM" {that is one line} Instead of Konqueror, I get a window titled: "Konqueror - The KDE Crash Handler" reporting