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Re: [trinity-users] Running GUI programs as root in 14

From: Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@...>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 10:45:39 +0100
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.

Thank you. :-))

Lisi