Using KDE-4.1.3 f9 + updates. PROBLEM 1: If I su to root from a konsole session and start a graphical application it fails to open a window on my screen even though it is running. PROBLEM 2: If I start system-config-printer from the menus it starts fine. But if I start it as above from the konsole session. I get: =============================================================================== raceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py", line 5537, in <module> main(configure_printer, change_ppd, devid) File "/usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py", line 5502, in main mainwindow = GUI(configure_printer, change_ppd, devid) File "/usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py", line 576, in __init__ self.populateList() File "/usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py", line 975, in populateList default_emblem = theme.load_icon (emblem, w/2, 0) gobject.GError: Icon 'emblem-default' not present in theme ================================================================================ It seems like konsole is not setting some environment variable. THanks
You cannot launch graphical apps in su. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 473465 ***
since when? I always did this and can still do it for most. For example I can run all my x-based applications or even some gtk ones like "system-config-date" and they show up OK, However, some do not. Examples are konqueror, firefox, and the one above.