On 2017-06-18 03:36, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Basil Chupin <blchupin@iinet.net.au> [06-17-17 20:19]: [...]
Anton, I bought my new car 3 years ago and I have never raised the hood to look at the engine. I just drive the car. I have no interest in what makes it run -- well, I do know that it needs petrol, which I buy when it needs it, and I keep the tyres at the correct pressure. That's it. Oh, and it goes through the car wash when necessary :-).
The OP and others, including myself, have no need to do what you do with your setup of konsole. For us konsole just works, either in user- or root-mode. Simple. The OP is simply asking why his konsole is not working in this simple mode :-).
I know what is under the hood of my car. Generally, that is. When it breaks down, I have to call the mechanic. It broke down recently. The fuel pipe going out of the fuel pump got loose. I called my road insurance chaps, to come and rescue me. They came with a truck platform. The chap, a mechanic, looked at it. We'd better take it to your brand garage, he said. So he loaded my car into his platform. The rubber pipe has a quick engage plastic thing. It is not a plain pipe which you can just connect and tie with a string on emergency. Impossible to repair yourself, you have to buy the replacement.
*you* made the choice to use linux, *you* are the admin of your linux system unless you convince some kind sole to take on the task or pay someone. if you care not about "what is under the hood", you are destine to live with what you get/have.
It is not as simple as that, nowdays. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)