http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=556505#c0 Summary: kdesu doesn't autenticate for DISPLAY use when launching konsole Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.2 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.2 Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: KDE4 Applications AssignedTo: kde-maintainers@suse.de ReportedBy: novell.maricau@a-bc.net QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091103 SUSE/3.5.5-2.2 Firefox/3.5.5 I run this : "kdesu -u USERNAME -c konsole" And when in the konsole for USERNAME i try to run an X application like "xclock", it fails to open with this error : No protocol specified Error: Can't open display: :0 No magic cookie are created "xauth list". In case of use of xterm in place of konsole, there's a magic cookie present ! If i do this with xterm it's function ! "kdesu -u USERNAME -c xterm" and in the xterm : "xclock" Installed Versions: kdebase4-runtime-4.3.3-1.3.x86_64 konsole-4.3.3-1.3.x86_64 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.run kdesu -u USERNAME -c konsole 2.in the konsole terminal run xclock for example 3.The problem is that tere's no magic cookie created/used ! -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.