I installed Mandriva 2010 yesterday and overal I find it impressive and easy to use.

However, I am unable to get either KATE or KWRITE to run when in ROOT. I have no problems when using them as a USER.

Has anyone else experienced this problem and possibily has a work around or for that matter knows of text editor which does not crash under KDE4?

Thanks in advance,

Tony Littlejohn

Dear All,
I for got to include the following info when trying to run KWRITE as ROOT. I get this

[root@localhost tony]# kwrite
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_klauncher.so
kdeinit4: Communication error with launcher. Exiting!
KCrash: Application 'kwrite' crashing...
sock_file=/root/.kde4/socket-localhost/kdeinit4__0
Warning: connect() failed: : Connection refused
KCrash cannot reach kdeinit, launching directly.

[1]+ Stopped kwrite

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

And for KATE I get this.

root@localhost tony]# kate
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_klauncher.so
kdeinit4: Communication error with launcher. Exiting!
KCrash: Application 'kate' crashing...
sock_file=/root/.kde4/socket-localhost/kdeinit4__0
Warning: connect() failed: : Connection refused
KCrash cannot reach kdeinit, launching directly.

[1]+ Stopped kate

Thanks again

Did you use "su -" to become root? It's necessary on KDE4 to run GUI apps.

Jim

I entered root via "su" at the terminal for both Kate and Kwrite and in each case the programme crashed (Signal 11).

In desperation I installed Gedit yesterday and it ran from root. So. fo the moment I do not have a KDE4 test editor to run as root, just a Gnome one.

Strange, to say the least.

Thanks for your interest,

Tony

To run KDE4 apps as root you must become root by entering "su -". The space and the dash after su are essential.

Jim

Hey thanks that did the trick.

I have the same issue as the thread starter but care to explain why we need the dash after "su", basically what the dash does in executing the su command?

Thanks and regards.

"su" gives you root's powers

"su -" gives you also root's environment--eg the $PATH variable---with "su -" you ARE root.

Jim,
Many thanks for your advice re: "su -". I was unaware that there were "su" and "su -". I learn something each and every day.

Tony

Thank you so much for this explanation. Sweet!