[Bug 938792] Re: starting gparted with pkexec fails with /home via NFS

[Rüdiger Kupper]

I see. So perhaps the error message could be improved. Something like
"Cannot read ~/.Xauthority" might give the user a hint about the
problem.

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Title:
  starting gparted with pkexec fails with /home via NFS

Status in “gparted” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “policykit-1” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  oneiric

  Starting gparted with "gparted-pkexec" fails with
  "No protocol specified
  (gpartedbin:4076): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :1"

  This means gparted cannot be started from the unity dash.

  Starting with "gksudo gparted" works fine.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: gparted 0.8.1-1ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-16.28-generic 3.0.17
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-16-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed Feb 22 17:19:30 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
  SourcePackage: gparted
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-14 (130 days ago)

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