No, I haven't. So the problem is that the process cannot read my ~/.Xauthority file, because it is readable only for the user.
So this is the reason, but what is the fix? Shouldn't it be passible to launch GUI apps that need root privileges with /home over NFS? It's not so unusual. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to policykit-1 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/938792 Title: starting gparted with pkexec fails with /home via NFS Status in “gparted” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in “policykit-1” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: oneiric Starting gparted with "gparted-pkexec" fails with "No protocol specified (gpartedbin:4076): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :1" This means gparted cannot be started from the unity dash. Starting with "gksudo gparted" works fine. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: gparted 0.8.1-1ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-16.28-generic 3.0.17 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-16-generic i686 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Feb 22 17:19:30 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007) SourcePackage: gparted UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-14 (130 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gparted/+bug/938792/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
