So I will move the focus to the following bug report (here at
Launchpad),
'GParted does not work in GNOME on Wayland'
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1652282
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It is intentional that GNOME on Wayland does not support running entire
apps as root.
Please file bugs against the specific packages that don't work with
GNOME on Wayland. The apps should use PolicyKit to elevate
After running the following command
xhost +si:localuser:root
sudo -H gparted
and
pkexec gparted
work, but
gksudo gparted
is still not working.
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
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Status: New => Confirmed
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** Description changed:
This bug appears, when I try to run GUI application programs with
elevated permissions using sudo -H and gksudo in an installed Ubuntu
Artful system on Wayland.
I discovered it while testing mkusb: version 12 alias mkusb-dus works
because the GUI is running as
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