And in Ubuntu 19.04. This is getting old. Maybe wayland should relent from their purist stance (after all Unix always allowed root to do absolutely anything to the file system, and that's the keys to the kingdom). Maybe Ubuntu should accept the workaround GParted implements. But neither side wants to compromise their principals, resulting in a system that's not self-consistent.
Meantime, I've implemented a SUDO wrapper that works for Gparted and other GUI apps, as advised by https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Running_GUI_applications_as_root#Using_xhost -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1726545 Title: Gparted not working in Wayland Ubuntu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gparted/+bug/1726545/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
