On Tue, 15 May 2018 18:27:20 +0000 Glenn English <ghe2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> When I've logged in as a mortal to my XFCE GUI, I can just type, in > the terminal emulator, 'sudo gparted' and the GUI comes up and works > like I expect it to. After I quit gparted, there's some stuff it's > written on the screen (I've never tried to figure out what it's > about). > > I haven't tried that with Synaptic, but I'd be surprised if it whined. > I know 'sudo aptitude' works, but CLI tools are what sudo's for. You can run any program that way, once you know what file launches it. It is how you begin debugging a faulty GUI app, the stuff left behind when it closes may be useful. Or it may just be GTK garbage... -- Joe
