Per �yvind Karlsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [hawkeye@mainframe hawkeye]$ sudo rpmdrake > This program cannot be run in console mode.
the problem is with environment variables transmitted or not by the sudo program. in particular, a graphical program needs DISPLAY and XAUTHORITY. i've fixed console-helper because it didn't preserve those variables right, but i haven't looked at sudo (which i don't use personnally). > or when just launching 'rpmdrake' the gtk dialog which asks for > root password shows up, then it'll bitch again when typed the > password... hum, strange, works for me... other graphical console-helper tools do work right? (mcc, userdrake) > it worked just fine moments ago with the old 8.2 rpmdrake -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
