On Tuesday 28 April 2009 10:48:44 Sebastian Vahl wrote: > Hi. > > I've seen this for some time now but hadn't had the time to look deeper > into it: If I become root in konsole via su I'm not able to start graphical > apps like kwrite or s-c-* anymore. There is no output in .xsession-errors, > /var/log/messages or /var/log/secure, nor in the terminal itself. Also > "reboot" or "halt -p" are not working. Simple x-apps like xterm or xeyes > are still working fine, though. Are you using "su" or "su -"? I don't have any problems here using the second version, it is necessary to get the environment variables right (read root's profile). > I see this on rawhide, F10 and F9, all with KDE 4.2.2. It doesn't matter if > I use kdm or gdm, my normal user accout or a clean new one, nor a new clean > installation. > > Is anyone else seeing this? > > Sebastian -- Jos? Ab?lio
