There are workarounds for GUI programs with elevated permissions in Wayland. See these links
https://askubuntu.com/questions/961967/why-dont-gksu-gksudo-or- launching-a-graphical-application-with-sudo-work-with-w https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Wayland/gks -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1652282 Title: Xwayland not using XAUTHORITY, prevents root applications from connecting To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gparted/+bug/1652282/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
