@Phillip, Wayland actually does accommodate it, I have an Arch system where it works perfectly fine with running GParted as root. The reason it doesn't work on Ubuntu is not completely because of Wayland, but rather because of how Wayland has been set up by the Ubuntu GNOME team. Which is intentional for security. I don't know, but you might be able to disable this since it's probably somewhere in the configuration. I don't know, I just know that on Arch there is no issue with this with the standard Wayland.
** Summary changed: - Wayland default policy prohibits root applications + GParted does not work in GNOME on Wayland ** No longer affects: wayland (Ubuntu) ** Also affects: gparted (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: gparted (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to wayland in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1652282 Title: GParted does not work in GNOME on Wayland Status in GParted: Confirmed Status in Ubuntu GNOME: Triaged Status in gparted package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I have found that after switching from Xorg to Wayland on Ubuntu GNOME 16.10 with GNOME 3.22 that GParted does not run when I try to run it as root. That is when I click the icon and enter my password nothing happens. I have found that when running what is run when the icon is clicked that the output in Terminal is (gparted-pkexec): Created symlink /run/systemd/system/-.mount → /dev/null. Created symlink /run/systemd/system/boot-efi.mount → /dev/null. Created symlink /run/systemd/system/boot.mount → /dev/null. Created symlink /run/systemd/system/run-user-1000.mount → /dev/null. Created symlink /run/systemd/system/run-user-120.mount → /dev/null. Created symlink /run/systemd/system/tmp.mount → /dev/null. No protocol specified (gpartedbin:16832): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0 Removed /run/systemd/system/-.mount. Removed /run/systemd/system/boot-efi.mount. Removed /run/systemd/system/boot.mount. Removed /run/systemd/system/run-user-1000.mount. Removed /run/systemd/system/run-user-120.mount. Removed /run/systemd/system/tmp.mount. So I am now unable to launch and use GParted as root which is really the only way I can run it in order to make changes. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: gparted 0.25.0-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-32.34-generic 4.8.11 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-32-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Fri Dec 23 11:13:13 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-15 (221 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021) SourcePackage: gparted UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-10-19 (64 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gparted/+bug/1652282/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp