https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=259678 Summary: Running "Font Installer" (kde) from gnome overwrites .ICEauthority with root permissions Product: openSUSE 10.2 Version: Final Platform: PC OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: GNOME AssignedTo: bnc-team-gnome@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: robin.listas@telefonica.net QAContact: qa@suse.de Running the kde program "Font Installer" (command "kcmshell kcmfontinst") from the "System Administration" menu (Applications), which asks for root's pasword, results in overwriting the user ~/.ICEauthority file with root's permissions: cer@nimrodel:~> l .ICEauthority -rw------- 1 root root 0 2007-03-31 12:49 .ICEauthority This causes subsequents calls to kde programs under gnome to fail to start: cer@nimrodel:~> Compilaciones/kde/kshowmail-3.1.0/kshowmail/kshowmail KShowmail running in normal mode kdeinit: Aborting. No write access to '/home/cer/.ICEauthority'. ERROR: KUniqueApplication: Can't setup DCOP communication. and some times causes already running kde apps to crash silently (opensuse-updater). -- 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, or are watching someone who is.