LinuxQuestions.org
Latest LQ Deal: Latest LQ Deals
Go Back   LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Newbie
User Name
Password
Linux - Newbie This Linux forum is for members that are new to Linux.
Just starting out and have a question? If it is not in the man pages or the how-to's this is the place!

Notices


Reply
  Search this Thread
Old 03-03-2009, 09:09 AM   #1
peteyperson
Member
 
Registered: Jan 2009
Distribution: openSUSE 11.1, with KDE 4
Posts: 71

Rep: Reputation: 16
Dolphin doesn't work in SuperUserMode


Message at the bottom bar of Dolphin states:

"Could not start process Cannot talk to klauncher. The name org.kde.klauncher was not provided by any .service files."

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Petey
 
Old 03-03-2009, 12:15 PM   #2
kilgoretrout
Senior Member
 
Registered: Oct 2003
Posts: 2,981

Rep: Reputation: 388Reputation: 388Reputation: 388Reputation: 388
Open and console and try running:

$ su -
<enter root password>
# dolphin
 
Old 03-04-2009, 12:21 PM   #3
peteyperson
Member
 
Registered: Jan 2009
Distribution: openSUSE 11.1, with KDE 4
Posts: 71

Original Poster
Rep: Reputation: 16
Did that. Terminal just stops after entering: Dolphin

Petey

Quote:
Originally Posted by kilgoretrout View Post
Open and console and try running:

$ su -
<enter root password>
# dolphin
 
Old 03-04-2009, 01:49 PM   #4
QueenZ
Member
 
Registered: Sep 2008
Distribution: openSUSE, Ubuntu
Posts: 373
Blog Entries: 2

Rep: Reputation: 32
Quote:
$ su -
<enter root password>
# dolphin&
how's this?
 
Old 03-04-2009, 02:57 PM   #5
kilgoretrout
Senior Member
 
Registered: Oct 2003
Posts: 2,981

Rep: Reputation: 388Reputation: 388Reputation: 388Reputation: 388
What you're describing is a widely reported bug and what I gave you is a workaround that helps some. Instead of dolphin, you can try running konqueror in root mode with the similar command:

# su -
<enter root password>
# konqueror --profile filemanagement

Note that the trailing "-" in the su command is not a typo. Make sure you include it like so "su -"
 
Old 03-06-2009, 06:11 AM   #6
peteyperson
Member
 
Registered: Jan 2009
Distribution: openSUSE 11.1, with KDE 4
Posts: 71

Original Poster
Rep: Reputation: 16
Hi there,

I failed to notice the hyphen at the end of the SU login. How does that change the SU login?

But this time it worked, spew out a bunch of login info in the terminal and loaded Dolphin in SU mode. Nice one.

I assume there is no way to alter the Dolphin SU icon in the menu to work correctly, or must you use Terminal to access it now due to the bug?

Thanks
Petey

Quote:
Originally Posted by kilgoretrout View Post
Open and console and try running:

$ su -
<enter root password>
# dolphin
 
Old 03-06-2009, 06:58 AM   #7
kilgoretrout
Senior Member
 
Registered: Oct 2003
Posts: 2,981

Rep: Reputation: 388Reputation: 388Reputation: 388Reputation: 388
From the su man page here's the explanation for the "-" :

Quote:
Syntax

su [ - ] [ username [ arg ] ]
- Pass the environment along unchanged, as if the user actually logged in as the specified user.
username The name of another username that you wish to log in as.
arg Additional arguments that need to be passed through the su command.
So basically, the shell environment is different with the - as opposed to the naked su which allows you to execute with root permissions but retains your original user shell environment.

As for the launch icon, it would depend on the patch level of the version of kde 4 that suse uses. In a lot of the earlier versions of kde4 that many distros used, kdesu was broken; that's why it won't work.
 
  


Reply


Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off



Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Konqueror,Dolphin n nautilus crash haryo_linux Linux - Newbie 0 11-20-2008 10:41 PM
KDE 4.1.2 Lost Wastebin in Dolphin mikemrh9 Linux - Desktop 2 11-08-2008 06:51 PM
Uncluttering Dolphin... adred SUSE / openSUSE 2 09-21-2008 09:55 PM
how do i create a link using dolphin? granpa Linux - Newbie 4 07-24-2008 12:08 PM
Dolphin filemanager - how can I change colors? dhave Linux - Software 2 02-25-2007 12:19 AM

LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Newbie

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:03 AM.

Main Menu
Advertisement
My LQ
Write for LQ
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute content, let us know.
Main Menu
Syndicate
RSS1  Latest Threads
RSS1  LQ News
Twitter: @linuxquestions
Open Source Consulting | Domain Registration