oh yeah, its also trying to store stuff in the directory /root, which may not exist if you're on ubuntu or something like that, so you may need to:
sudo mkdir -p /root/.local/share first.... On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 2:05 PM, Nat Taylor <biob...@gmail.com> wrote: > gksu pluma /etc/default/grub ? > > On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 1:56 PM, Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> > wrote: > >> I recently sent this to the debian-user mailing list, no useful >> replies. >> I'm unsure whether the primary problem is software or yours truly ;/ >> Though my 1st programming course used 026's as input device for a >> precursor of BASIC, I'm newbie to anything *nix related. >> >> I suspect one problem may be impure terminology. Is there a >> significant difference between "root" and "superuser"? >> >> Comments please. >> >> /BEGIN QUOTATION OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE >> >> I have an absolute requirement to run some GUI programs as root. >> >> I captured one session with script. >> >> Script started on Mon 30 Jun 2014 08:58:50 AM CDT >> richard@jessie:~$ su >> Password: >> root@jessie:/home/richard# pluma /etc/default/grub >> >> (pluma:1318): EggSMClient-WARNING **: Failed to connect to the >> session >> >> manager: None of the authentication protocols specified are supported >> >> >> (pluma:1318): dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes to >> dconf: The >> >> connection is closed >> Error creating proxy: The connection is closed (g-io-error-quark, 18) >> Error creating proxy: The connection is closed (g-io-error-quark, 18) >> Error creating proxy: The connection is closed (g-io-error-quark, 18) >> Error creating proxy: The connection is closed (g-io-error-quark, 18) >> Error creating proxy: The connection is closed (g-io-error-quark, 18) >> >> (pluma:1318): dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes to >> dconf: The >> >> connection is closed >> >> (pluma:1318): dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes to >> dconf: The >> >> connection is closed >> >> (pluma:1318): dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes to >> dconf: The >> >> connection is closed >> >> (pluma:1318): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to store changes into >> >> `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: Failed to >> create file >> >> '/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel.9WQQIX': No such file or >> directory >> >> (pluma:1318): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to set the permissions of >> >> `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: No such file or >> >> directory >> >> ==============pluma has opened >> >> >> (pluma:1318): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to store changes into >> >> `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: Failed to >> create file >> >> '/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel.WMTBIX': No such file or >> directory >> >> (pluma:1318): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to set the permissions of >> >> `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: No such file or >> >> directory >> >> ================changed one character and saved file >> >> >> (pluma:1318): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to store changes into >> >> `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: Failed to >> create file >> >> '/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel.PRFKIX': No such file or >> directory >> >> (pluma:1318): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to set the permissions of >> >> `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: No such file or >> >> directory >> >> ================closed pluma >> >> >> >> What's going on???????????????????? >> >> >> /END QUOTATION OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
