Zen, when su to root, unable to start gedit?

[MBantz]

Hey,

when I su to root and need for example gedit to edit a file, I get this message - have been like this for quite some time (several months). I recall that other gui programs are affected as well.

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[root@localhost lirc]# gedit lircd.conf

(gedit:5958): EggSMClient-WARNING **: Failed to connect to the session manager: None of the authentication protocols specified are supported

**
GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2270:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL)
Afbrudt (SIGABRT)

cheers,
MBantz

[Neal ManBear]

Have you tried, dbus-launch gedit, Martin?

[MBantz]

Hey Neal,

yup, that did it - do I have to use this prefix every time?

cheers,
M

[melodie]

Hi,

What about just "gksu gedit" from a console in user mod ? After all, graphical applications are not supposed to be started directly with a root console of from a root session.

[MBantz]

well, i'd rather have it working automatically,

when building packages I often have to shift between root and normal user - and always logging in as ordinary user it is annoying every time (that's very often:-) I have to edit a file owned by root (typically my own package once installed - and it need fixups to get it right - then insert the fixes in the build),

gedit saves me a bunch of time, well suited for my type of work here,

cheers,
MBantz

[Neal ManBear]

Hey Neal,

yup, that did it - do I have to use this prefix every time?

cheers,
M

You should be fine now and be able to start it normally.

[MBantz]

Hey Neal,

yup, that did it - do I have to use this prefix every time?

cheers,
M

You should be fine now and be able to start it normally.

Hi Neal,

just tried to su to root and gedit a file - and get the message again.

Think I need to read up on dbus-launch to see what it is missing when launching a gui program. For quite a while ago there was no need for dbus-launch btw.,

thanks for all these tips :-)

cheers,
MBantz

[Texstar]

Add alias su='su -' to your .bashrc file and you won't have to mess with dbus-launch anymore. Log out and back in again to activate.

[Neal ManBear]

Da boss answered while I slept.

 

[Dragynn]

Dude, all this CLI stuff....lol!

When I want to edit a file in gedit, I just right click it and select "open as administrator" and enter my password. It worked in Zen-mini from day one.

[pags]

Dude, all this CLI stuff....lol!

When I want to edit a file in gedit, I just right click it and select "open as administrator" and enter my password. It worked in Zen-mini from day one.

True, but "all this CLI stuff" is handy over slow, remote links (i.e., ssh) 

[siamer]

Hi.

In ZEN mini there is su and su -.
I didn't make alias from su to su - stragiht away because su - redirecting to home directory even if user don't want. to make alias Tex wrote how to do that...

Here you have more info about that: http://linuxgator.org/gnome/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1563

Regards,
siamer