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colegui

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From: Castellón de la Plana, Spain.

Registered: 2014-07-20

Posts: 64

KDE: I don't open System Settings as root.

hello recently install archlinux (KDE environmment) and the system works perfectly ... but there is a small detail that I do not know how to fix it:

I don't open the system settings as root, i type in the terminal:

$ kdesu systemsettings

and nothing happens .. does not throw any errors but does not open system settings.

Best Regards.

lucke

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From: Poland

Registered: 2004-11-30

Posts: 4,018

Re: KDE: I don't open System Settings as root.

Why would you want to open systemsettings as root?

colegui

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From: Castellón de la Plana, Spain.

Registered: 2014-07-20

Posts: 64

Re: KDE: I don't open System Settings as root.

Why would you want to open systemsettings as root?

Thanks for the reply, I open systemseetings as root because there are certain applications such as gparted (gtk) that after putting the root password is looked terrible:

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj22 … 71bc80.png

I would like if possible to integrate these applications into kde environmment this requires modify GTK system preferences as root.

Best Regards.

arojas

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From: Spain

Registered: 2011-10-09

Posts: 2,099

Re: KDE: I don't open System Settings as root.

Can you launch other applications with kdesu?

colegui

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From: Castellón de la Plana, Spain.

Registered: 2014-07-20

Posts: 64

Re: KDE: I don't open System Settings as root.

Can you launch other applications with kdesu?

Yes, i can launch i.e pacmanxg:

kdesu pacmanxg

I have installed kdesu

[alkde@archlinux ~]$ pacman -Ss kdesu
extra/kdesu 5.0.0-1 (kf5) [instalado]
    KDE Su

Best Regards.

Last edited by colegui (2014-07-30 06:41:33)

lucke

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From: Poland

Registered: 2004-11-30

Posts: 4,018

Re: KDE: I don't open System Settings as root.

The kdesu you're interested in is part of kdebase-runtime.

Running "kdesu systemsettings" works here.

You could just log in as root and set up what you want.

stobbsm

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From: Calgary, AB

Registered: 2010-10-10

Posts: 61

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Re: KDE: I don't open System Settings as root.

For GTK specific problems (KDE should pass KDE and QT specific theming through kdesu), you should manualling configure GTK to a more attractive theme.

Take a look at this wiki page: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GT … n_programs

Install one of those, and run it with sudo or kdesu, and you should be able to adjust your theme accordingly.

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colegui

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From: Castellón de la Plana, Spain.

Registered: 2014-07-20

Posts: 64

Re: KDE: I don't open System Settings as root.

You could just log in as root and set up what you want.

Thanks, I did already now the applications gtk looks better:

gparted

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj22 … e7ca12.png

Take a look at this wiki page: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GT … n_programs

Thanks for the recommendation i did not know this

Best Regards.