This segfaults: sudo /gnu/store/yzxyxnxja4y1riwh3mrqrvb7h4vhxlqb-gparted-1.0.0/bin/gparted
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- … (gpartedbin:5364): Gdk-CRITICAL **: 11:06:10.219: gdk_cairo_surface_create_from_pixbuf: assertion 'GDK_IS_PIXBUF (pixbuf)' failed (gpartedbin:5364): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 11:06:10.219: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed (gpartedbin:5364): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:06:10.273: Error loading theme icon 'drive-harddisk' for stock: Icon 'drive-harddisk' not present in theme Adwaita (gpartedbin:5364): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:06:10.273: Error loading theme icon 'image-missing' for stock: Failed to load /org/gtk/libgtk/icons/24x24/status/image-missing.png: Unrecognized image file format /gnu/store/yzxyxnxja4y1riwh3mrqrvb7h4vhxlqb-gparted-1.0.0/bin/gparted: line 202: 5364 Segmentation fault $BASE_CMD--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- This does not segfault: sudo -E /gnu/store/yzxyxnxja4y1riwh3mrqrvb7h4vhxlqb-gparted-1.0.0/bin/gparted The problem here is that when run as root but without the environment of the current user gparted fails to find the image loader modules. -- Ricardo