On 2013-02-25 16:25 (GMT-0600) Leslie Turriff composed: > Felix Miata wrote: >> On 2013-02-25 14:53 (GMT-0600) Leslie Turriff composed: >> > Now that I've gotten Trinity working on my OpenSuSE 12.2 system, I find >> > that starting YaST from the menu no longer works. The command string in >> > the Application tab of the button configuration >> > is "/usr/bin/xdg-su -c /sbin/yast2". When I cut/paste that into konsole >> > and run it I get this message: >> > xdg-su: no graphical method available for invoking '/sbin/yast2' as >> > 'root' which means nothing at all to me. :-) >> > Any suggestions? >> Have you tried simply /sbin/yast2? That's all my KDE3 menu in oS11.4 has. > No, I didn't; but when I do, it opens with the message, " YaST Control Center > is not running as root. You will only see modules which do not require root > privileges." > Apparently, the setup for YaST2 has changed since 11.4? 12.2 host gx27b: YaST2 is /usr/bin/xdg-su -c /sbin/yast2 in the KDE 4.9.5 menu. 12.2 host gx62b: YaST2 is /sbin/yast2 in the KDE 3.5.10.x menu, and works. 12.2 host big41: YaST2 is /sbin/yast2 in the TDE 3.5.13.1 menu, and works. Maybe you're missing something non-obvious? gx62b# rpm -qa | grep qt libdbus-1-qt3-0-0.8.1-165.3.i586 libqt4-4.8.1-2.12.1.i586 libqt4-sql-4.8.1-2.12.1.i586 libqt4-x11-4.8.1-2.12.1.i586 qt3-3.3.8c-215.1.i586 yast2-control-center-qt3-2.17.3-6.2.i586 yast2-qt-2.22.6-2.1.2.i586 yast2-qt-branding-openSUSE-12.2-11.12.1.noarch big41# rpm -qa | grep qt libdbus-1-qt3-0-0.8.1-165.3.x86_64 libqt4-4.8.1-2.4.1.x86_64 libqt4-qt3support-4.8.1-2.4.1.x86_64 libqt4-sql-4.8.1-2.4.1.x86_64 libqt4-sql-mysql-4.8.1-2.4.1.x86_64 libqt4-x11-4.8.1-2.4.1.x86_64 qt3-3.3.8d-1.x86_64 trinity-avahi-tqt-3.5.13.1-1.opt.x86_64 trinity-dbus-tqt-3.5.13.1-1.opt.x86_64 trinity-gtk-qt-engine-0.8-4.opt.x86_64 trinity-tdebase-libtqt3-integration-3.5.13.1-1.opt.x86_64 trinity-tqtinterface-3.5.13.1-1.opt.x86_64 virtualbox-qt-4.1.22-1.6.1.x86_64 vlc-qt-2.0.4-100.7.x86_64 yast2-control-center-qt3-2.17.3-6.2.x86_64 yast2-qt-2.22.6-2.1.2.x86_64 yast2-qt-branding-openSUSE-12.2-11.12.1.noarch yast2-qt-graph-2.19.0-10.1.2.x86_64 yast2-qt-pkg-2.21.26-1.1.2.x86_64 -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/