[SOLVED] gParted wont start

darnir · 2012-01-07 18:01:57

I have Arch installed with KDE. I wanted to make some changes to my partiton table and thought of using gParted to get the work done.
I installed gparted as:

sudo pacman -S gparted

Now, when I try executing gparted form the GUI, I get the authentication window, where it asked for the user password. Upon entering it, nothing at all happens. gParted just wont start.

I tried running it from Konsole:

 sudo gparted /dev/sda

I get an error as:

No protocol specified

(gpartedbin:2475): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0

Please help identify why gParted wont start on my system.

Last edited by darnir (2012-01-08 05:11:09)

darnir · 2012-01-07 18:04:27

Okay, after going through a few more forum posts, I ran

kdesu gparted

and it executed perfectly.

But, I'd still like ot know why sudo does not work.

anonymous_user · 2012-01-07 18:31:06

To use sudo to execute graphical program, the DISPLAY variable needs to be set. Try adding this to your sudoers file:

Defaults:username env_keep=DISPLAY

zidarsk8 · 2012-01-07 18:35:28

@anonymous_user: thanks, i have been looking for that

@darnir: you could change the first posts title and add [SOLVED] at the begining

karol · 2012-01-07 22:13:51

We even have it in the wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Su … using_sudo :-)

stqn · 2012-01-09 13:55:11

That's funny because I can (under Xfce) run "sudo gparted" fine, without the line in visudo...

Edit: BTW if nothing happens after you enter the password, try entering the password for root instead of your user's password... (or vice-versa)

Last edited by stqn (2012-01-09 13:56:46)

claudecat · 2012-02-01 19:26:29

I had this problem too and discovered that the menu entry in the KDE menu is for gparted-pkexec. I changed it to kdesu gparted and all is well now. Seems like that should be fixed, no?

clickit · 2012-03-04 07:50:32

claudecat wrote:

I had this problem too and discovered that the menu entry in the KDE menu is for gparted-pkexec. I changed it to kdesu gparted and all is well now. Seems like that should be fixed, no?

I agree

anonymous_user · 2012-03-04 16:55:06

gparted wrote:

polkit (optional) - to run gparted directly from menu

It seems the maintainer left polkit as an optional depend. So if you want to run GParted from the menu, install it.

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[SOLVED] gParted wont start

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