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back again... proably a simple problem to fix but can't find a solution. when I want to launch a simple program lets say kwrite it will launch fine in konsole but If I do it as root by doing su it says it can't find it. This problem came up when I started using kdesu in kde.
su
password: *******
kwrite
bash: kwrite: command not found
launches fine when not superuser and using kdesu.
when backed out from kde into the shell and do su it works fine, its only in kde I have the problem.
If you use "su", you don't inherit roots path, so you may have to type the absolute path e.g. /opt/kde/bin/kwrite. If you use "su -", then you inherit everything.
Yeah that sometimes happens, because on some systems, you are not allowed to run GUI programs unless you are the user who started the X session. A work around would be to use "kdesu" or do the following as the user who is logged in
Code:
$xhost +localhost
$su -c "kwrite"
Substitute localhost for your own host name if you are using anything other than localhost as your host name.
oops can't work on it to much more now because I messed up inittab file so it won't let the system boot, trying to get my knoppix cd working but its not liking me right now, if only older computers where easier to use.
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