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

From: Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@...>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 11:02:02 +0100
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.)

Lisi