Kate crashes whenever i su as root

vitalstrike82 · 01-28-2014, 10:31 PM

Hi all,

sometime i will su as root to open files for editing using Kate. However it crashes when i try to use kate to open a file after su as root successfully

Can i know if there are anything i need to configure additionally to allow it to work successfully?

I am using 14.1 slackware..

Thanks for the guidance..

John VV · 01-28-2014, 11:16 PM

if you are root
there is no need to become root in the terminal using ( su , su - )
you already are root

as a normal user use "su - "
- example .....

Code:

su -
--- your root password when asked ---
kate /etc/profile

you need the dash to use root's $PATH

vitalstrike82 · 01-29-2014, 12:08 AM

Hi,

sorry i think my question is not clear enough.
I am logging in as a user.
I su as root to open a file with kate
Below are the error it projected onto the terminal

Code:

bash-4.2$ su root
Password: 
bash-4.2# kate /etc/slackpkg/mirrors 
QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
kate(4257)/kdeui (kdelibs): Session bus not found 
To circumvent this problem try the following command (with Linux and bash) 
export $(dbus-launch) 
KCrash: Application 'kate' crashing...
KCrash: Attempting to start /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/drkonqi from kdeinit
sock_file=/root/.kde/socket-linuxcm/kdeinit4__0
Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory
KCrash: Attempting to start /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/drkonqi directly
drkonqi(4258)/kdeui (kdelibs): Session bus not found 
To circumvent this problem try the following command (with Linux and bash) 
export $(dbus-launch)

John VV · 01-29-2014, 12:22 AM

use "su -"

or

Code:

su -
--- or the long version ----
su -l root

ponce · 01-29-2014, 12:49 AM

if you really need to open graphic apps under kde as root, try with kdesu (to be launched as user)

Code:

kdesu kate