@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 Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to wayland in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1652282 Title: GParted does not work in GNOME on Wayland To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gparted/+bug/1652282/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp