If the user is not really switched, the startup notification is received just fine:
$ gksu --user daniel gedit Changing the user seems to block the notification, though: $ gksu gedit Apparently no notification is being received, and the "Starting Administrative Application" message stays in the task list until it hits the timeout. -- startup notification doesn't get through gksu https://launchpad.net/bugs/35477 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
