Missing hard drive space

[Amedee Van Gasse (Ubuntu)]

On Mon, April 20, 2009 14:21, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
> Nils Kassube wrote:
>
>> Amedee Van Gasse (Ubuntu) wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Unfortunately I edit all my important configuration files in a
>>> console, and I'm not familiar with the exact syntax to start a
>>> graphical text editor like gedit in root mode. I hope that someone
>>> else can help you there.
>>>
>>
>> That would be:
>>
>>
>> gksudo gedit /etc/fstab
>>
>> or for KDE users:
>>
>> kdesudo kate /etc/fstab
>>
>>
>> Nils
>>
>>
>>
> I wonder why it works? On 8.04 to 9.04 I still use sudo gedit and it
> works fine. Why is that I wonder?
>
> Karl
>
>
> ps: I can remember sudo...

When you use sudo to start a GUI program, you get all kinds of notices and
warnings in the console. They are mostly harmless, but some users get
confused and think that something is wrong.

With gksudo and kdesudo you don't get those messages.

-- 
Amedee