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#1 2016-09-10 21:44:42
- guerch
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can't launch gnome terminal as root
After the update that changed "dbus" i can't run sudo gnome-terminal, i get the following
Error constructing proxy for org.gnome.Terminal:/org/gnome/Terminal/Factory0: Error spawning command line 'dbus-launch --autolaunch=60f565ced8454abab4d02efe06913c85 --binary-syntax --close-stderr': Child process exited with code 1any tips on how to fix it?
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#2 2016-09-10 21:49:36
- jasonwryan
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Re: can't launch gnome terminal as root
Lots of similar threads about this.
Use gksudo. If that doesn't work, check for a pam .pacnew
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#3 2016-09-12 21:40:34
- guerch
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Re: can't launch gnome terminal as root
I found this can make it work
gksu dbus-launch gnome-terminalno idea why adding dbus-launch now is necessary to root apps
Last edited by guerch (2016-09-12 21:41:17)
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