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b0uncyfr0

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Registered: 2008-05-11

Posts: 140

Gparted wont start...

I just got Arch system running smoothly and only a few things still not working but its a work in progress. One of the main problems is that gparted refuses to start.

Running as root gives me:

No protocol specified

(gparted:5684): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0

but as normal user i get the "Root privileges are required for running gparted". This shows the program is starting right....

Last edited by b0uncyfr0 (2008-05-13 03:36:56)

gradgrind

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From: Germany

Registered: 2005-10-06

Posts: 921

Re: Gparted wont start...

One user (here root) is normally not allowed to use another user's desktop. There are various ways around this (all run as the normal user):

kdesu gparted

gksu gparted

sudo gparted (need to set up sudo first)

xhost +; su -c gparted

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b0uncyfr0

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Registered: 2008-05-11

Posts: 140

Re: Gparted wont start...

Awesome thank you. Its working now.