https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=776567 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=776567#c3 --- Comment #3 from Marguerite Su <i@marguerite.su> 2012-08-24 14:19:08 UTC --- Hi, I consulted some Input Methods developers, and here's an easy fix: kdesu -c "yast2" << this doesn't work apparently kdesu -c "QT_IM_MODULE=xim GTK_IM_MODULE=xim yast2" << this works perfectly The magic behind this is because modern IMs use DBus. So the only working input method in su environment is xim. export that environment variable to YaST2 can solve the problem. so YaST developers please help modifying YaST startup codes to include these environment variables and fix it in packages. Thanks, Marguerite -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.