On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 5:41 PM, Samuel Sieb <samuel@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 04/27/2018 07:26 AM, D&R wrote: >> On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 08:22:12 -0400 >> Tom H <tomh0665@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> sudo -s >>> sudo su >>> sudo su -l >>> sudo sh >>> sudo sh -l >>> sudo bash -l >>> ... >> >> None of the sudo commands listed allow you to run a graphical program ie. >> meld. Is there some way to do that? > > Wayland does not let applications running as root have access to the > display. There are some workarounds or you can login using an Xorg session > instead. You only need to switch to X if the app hasn't been set up to run as root using polkit. NM's applets are an example of the latter. APT's GUI application is an example of the former. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
