This is happening on my Hardy Laptop too. even nautilus is not starting as root. the terminal just hangs when I enter "sudo nautilus" or "sudo gedit" or "sudo gvim"
-- gedit fails to run as root in jaunty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/311237 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs