I had this kind of problem, if you had the same as me, its not that root can't run any program, its just that when you run as root you can't access the display (Window Manager) and so, can't create a window, and thus, do not open...
I really don't know how to solve this, but I used to run a second X on F8 to get this programs running... On 6/23/05, Zac Medico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael W. Holdeman wrote: > > On Thursday 23 June 2005 02:27 pm, Zac Medico wrote: > > > >>Michael W. Holdeman wrote: > >> > >>>On Wednesday 22 June 2005 06:17 pm, Zac Medico wrote: > >>> > >>>>Michael W. Holdeman wrote: > >>>> > >>>>>Somehow I messed up konqueror. When I run konqueror in filemanager mode > >>>>>and su, it works fine but KDEInit will not launch kedit. In fact > >>>>>konqueror as su will not launch anything? > >>>>> > >>>>>Anyone know how ot fix this?? > >>>>> > >>>>>Mike > >>>> > >>>>When you say su you mean root, right? Can root launch kedit or other > >>>>apps from the shell? > >>> > >>>I mean drilling down the menu, utilities, konqueror file manager SU, then > >>>you have to enter the root password in the kde suwrapper... > >>> > >>>Yes, root can run kedit or anything else from shell. In fact this is > >>>something to do with the upgrade to 3.4.1 I think. I lost konqueror as a > >>>menu item in internet and utilities. I just happened to have it in my > >>>panel. When I run konqueror from the root shell it will launch kedit, but > >>>not from the kdesu wrapper... > >>> > >>>Mike > >> > >>I experienced some similar strangeness with the K Menu when I upgraded to > >>KDE 3.4.1 but that was with the monolithic ebuilds. Now I'm using kde > >>split ebuilds (kde-meta) and everything seems to work pretty well. > >> > >>K Menu -> System -> More Applications -> File Manager - Super User Mode > >> > >>I tried that menu option and it seems to work fine. I can open text files > >>with kedit. I have kdelibs-3.4.1-r1, kdesu-3.4.1, and konqueror-3.4.1. > >> > >>Zac > > > > Strange, same versions here. I re-emerged kdelibs, kdesu, and konqueror just > > today. Strange thing is that emerging the files does not add them to the > > menu's? I don't have a more programs under System. And konqueror does not > > get > > added to Internet section either? > > I have another desktop machine and they work fine... > > Mike > > Are all the package versions exactly the same as the other desktop machine? > Sometimes I do "qpkg -I -v -nc | sort > package_list.txt" and then use diff > to compare all the package versions. What version of qt do you have? Mine is > the stable qt-3.3.4-r3. Maybe there is a clue in emerge --info. > > Zac > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- Daniel da Veiga Computer Operator - RS - Brazil -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
