Re: [opensuse-kde3] KDE3 kdesu problem
Istvan Gabor composed on 2018-12-09 20:18 (UTC+0100):
I've finished the installation of kde3 on openSUSE Leap 15.0.
It works OK but applications, eg yast2, cannot be run as root.
A window pops up saying "Sorry - KDE su / Conversation with su failed."
I tried it on the command line to get some error message, but there isn't any:
~> /opt/kde3/bin/kdesu -d yast2 ~>
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Konsole -> Session -> New Root Shell -> yast2 Won't workaround? -- Evolution as taught in public schools is religion, not science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde3+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde3+owner@opensuse.org
On 12/09/2018 03:21 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
Konsole -> Session -> New Root Shell -> yast2
Won't workaround?
Or just Konsole -> su to root. Another possibility is the Yast package you have installed may conflict with the non-kde3 version. Specifically, yast2-control-center-qt3-2.17.3-10.1.x86_6 is provided in the KDE3 repo, while there is a comparable "yast2-control-center" provided by the main OSS repo. Another possible issue is the lack of a pinentry package to prompt for the root password upon su (as well as any time GPG is invoked, etc..) Make sure you have the following: pinentry pinentry-gtk2 (or similar gui edition) I did have issues after first installing (mainly because I did a manual install and picked most package directly - which missed installing several Yast packages needed to make the graphical Yast front-end work) However, after resolving those issues (which should have been handled by dependency, but were not for some reason), KDE3 on both Leap 42.3 and 15.0 has been near flawless and blisteringly fast. It literally just keeps getting better and better as it ages -- like a good wine. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde3+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde3+owner@opensuse.org
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David C. Rankin
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Felix Miata