On Thursday 30 July 2015 04:57:53 am Lisi Reisz wrote: (snip) > > >> What's wrong with getting where you need to go via Konsole? > > > > > > I can't get there. I run Debian. > > > > I don't understand. I thought you were running Jessie. ;-) What does > > running Debian have to do with whatever your objection with Konq and/or > > Konsole is? > > Debian, by default, will not run a GUI as root. So if oyu try to run a GUI > application from the root Konsole you get: > > root@Tux-II:/home/lisi# kwrite > Session management error: Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the > authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based > authentication failed > root@Tux-II:/home/lisi# I am currently playing with Debian on another box. This has become a source of some frustration to me, as I'm used to being able to work as root when I want to, GUI and all! (snip) > > > Sorry, I can't see what you are getting at here. But no, Konsole doesn't > > > offer me mc. Probably because I haven't got mc installed. It's often one of the first things that I add after an installation. :-) (snip) > Debian has decided not to allow GUI root log-ins. It is not a case of "not > being bothered", and there is nothing wrong with Konsole (which is supplied > by TDE, not Debian). I don't know where this is defined, but if I find it I'm surely going to change it! As of this point in time, I find that if I log in as root in a text console, ignoring the GUI login for the moment, then I can "startx" and it will get me there. But there's no obvious way to choose what desktop I want, so even though I have several installed (TDE is coming soon! :-) I'm stuck in Xfce. Anybody know how to fix either of these things? -- Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters" - Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James M Dakin