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 Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/938792 Title: starting gparted with pkexec fails with /home via NFS To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gparted/+bug/938792/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
