--- On Fri, 7/1/11, eqisow <eqi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Am having problems running KDE apps as root. To > reproduce: > > > 1. Open the KDE Menu Editor > > > 2. Setup a new app item (for example, copy and paste > Konqueror to Konqueror-2) > > > 3. Goto the "Advanced" tab and check the > "Run as a different user" checkbox > > > 4. Type "root" in the username box > > > 5. Save changes > > > 6. Run Konqueror-2 from the KDE Kickoff Application > Laucher. > > > > > > Konqueror-2 shows up briefly in the applicaton panel > at the bottom but it doesn't run. > > > > > > Any ideas? Thanks > > > > > >
> What happens if you leave the user blank? Not sure if > that's the cause, but you shouldn't have to specify > 'root'. Removing "root" doesn't seem to change anything. > Have you tried; > alt+F2 to get krunner (I think that it is called), > then enter: > kdesu <application-that-you-want-to-run-as-root> <enter> When I do Alt+F2, then type "kdesu konqueror" (without quotes) and then try to press <Enter> nothing happens, pressing <Enter> doesn't seem to have any effect. Have you tried it yourself? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1309555077.6202.yahoomailclas...@web121907.mail.ne1.yahoo.com
