https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637215
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637215#c6
--- Comment #6 from Ricardo Cruz 2010-09-06 22:47:14 UTC ---
a) try running "gnomesu gedit" from a graphical terminal (the gnome-terminal).
We want to see if gnomesu is working. gnomesu is the program that asks for the
'root' password, and is used to start yast2. If it works, you should see a
password dialog, and then the gedit program.
If yast2 works when you run it from the terminal, I'm pretty sure it's some
gnomesu issue. But do try it, and tell us any errors it prints (if any).
b) it seems you're using "startx" as root (super-user), right? That should work
fine of course (though it's not recommended ;-)), but it would be helpful to
know if, when you run "startx" as an unprivileged user, yast2 also doesn't work
when you start it from the menu.
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