Using GParted via TigerVNC how to enable on LinuxMint?

[Colin Law]

On Sun, 5 Jan 2025 at 13:10, Bo Berglund <bo.berglund at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sun, 5 Jan 2025 11:26:10 +0000, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
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> >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.
>

The authentication popup is not displaying via VNC, for some reason.
Perhaps it is displaying on the wrong display, or off the screen.
If, after starting it normally via VNC, you enter your password and
hit enter, does it then work?

Coln L.