Using GParted via TigerVNC how to enable on LinuxMint?

[Bo Berglund]

On Sun, 5 Jan 2025 11:26:10 +0000, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:

>On Sun, 5 Jan 2025 at 10:54, Bo Berglund <bo.berglund at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 2) Linux Mint 20.3 on an HP mini-pc also running the MATE desktop.
>> Here I can start the VNC session and get to the desktop.
>> But when I start the GParted application from the "Administration" submenu it
>> does not run, just shows a rotating "ball" for a while and then disappears.
>
>What happens if you open a terminal window and run
>gparted
>It should pop up the authentication dialog.
>
>Colin L
>

This is what I see then, don't know what it means:

$ gparted
Error executing command as another user: No authentication agent found.

What "another user"????


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Bo Berglund
Developer in Sweden