rescue disk,etc.
Derek Broughton
news at pointerstop.ca
Wed Mar 22 01:40:06 UTC 2006
Vayu wrote:
> I'm confused. You've given ways and reasons when it can work, then you
> finished with you "still wouldn't use sudo for a gui". That seems to
> imply there are other reasons why you wouldn't use it for a gui.
Just the fact that it's been inconsistent. Sometimes, it just absolutely
refuses to start the app (with "unable to open display..."-type messages).
I used to think it was never able to start X apps, and was surprised to
find that it could.
>
> I've been using sudo kate all along. I've not noticed any problems with
> it
> except that I can't close the konsole window until I'm done.
I'm sure you could, if you use "screen". It's just easier to use kdesu.
--
derek
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