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ArchLunix

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Registered: 2012-08-08

Posts: 7

Problem with gparted

I'm having a problem with gparted, everytime I run it by

sudo gparted

I get this

No protocol specified

(gpartedbin:5407): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0

When I run it by su I get the same error. When I run it outside of the terminal I get a window asking for my password. I type my password and gparted loads and then it just closes.
Does anyone know how to fix this?

skunktrader

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From: Brisbane, Australia

Registered: 2010-02-14

Posts: 1,671

Re: Problem with gparted

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ru … ps_as_root

WonderWoofy

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From: Los Gatos, CA

Registered: 2012-05-19

Posts: 8,414

Re: Problem with gparted

Does it work if you run gksu instead of sudo?

ArchLunix

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Registered: 2012-08-08

Posts: 7

Re: Problem with gparted

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ru … ps_as_root

Thank you!! It worked with

kdesu gparted

cfr

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From: Cymru

Registered: 2011-11-27

Posts: 7,168

Re: Problem with gparted

Please mark your thread [SOLVED].

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SS4

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From: !Rochford, Essex

Registered: 2010-12-05

Posts: 699

Re: Problem with gparted

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ru … ps_as_root

Thank you!! It worked with

kdesu gparted

If you want to run kdesu with the sudo backend instead of su (practically your user password instead of root's) edit/create ~/.kde4/share/config/kdesurc and put in

[super-user-command]
super-user-command=sudo

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DSpider

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From: Romania

Registered: 2009-08-23

Posts: 2,273

Re: Problem with gparted

# sudo gparted

^ Works fine here.

Here's my sudoers file:

Defaults editor=/usr/bin/nano

root    ALL=(ALL) ALL
dspider ALL=(ALL) ALL

dspider ALL=NOPASSWD: /bin/mount, /bin/umount
dspider arch=NOPASSWD: /sbin/reboot, /sbin/poweroff, /usr/bin/pacman -Syu

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