On Thu, 30 Jul 2015 11:02:02 +0100 Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@...> wrote: > On Thursday 30 July 2015 10:45:39 Lisi Reisz wrote: > > Hi, Nik :-) > > > > On Thursday 30 July 2015 10:22:00 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > > > It works here on R14.0.1 and tdesu is installed by tdebase-trinity-bin so > > > I assume it's installed on your computer. But if /opt/trinity/bin is not > > > in your path that command will fail more or less silently. Could you > > > please open konsole, there enter: > > > > > > ��������/opt/trinity/bin/tdesu /opt/trinity/bin/kwrite > > > > > > and post the output from the console? BTY, on my computer it takes about > > > 15 seconds for kwrite to open. > > > > It ran KWrite as root, and in less than 15 seconds. No other output. > > > > You would appear to have cracked it, Nik. I just have to sort out my > > paths. > > /opt/trinity/bin is in my $PATH. :-( > > Where next? > > (It did occur to me as I ran between computers that it must be, because KWrite > launches fine as $USER.) Maybe you've got a rogue nonfunctional tdesu installed somewhere earlier in your $PATH? E. Liddell