Issue with sudo kate after last update

[jrullan]

Hello,

Yesterday I updated one of the machines I'm using with Kubuntu 9.04 and when I tried to do a

sudo kate

It works but an Xmessage windows appear with the following message:

Could not start ksmserver. Check your installation.

The problem is that if I try to close the xmessage window or if I click on the "okay" button X server restarts without notification and brings me directly to the login screen.

Today I updated my other laptop and the same thing happens.

Is this related to the updated packages? and if so, how can I revert my last update?

[wizard10000]

Re: Issue with sudo kate after last update

Graphical applications in KDE should be started with kdesudo, not sudo - like this:

kdesudo kate

I just tried it on my machine and it ran with no errors. Give it a try

[jrullan]

Re: Issue with sudo kate after last update

Indeed, kdesudo kate worked without errors.

I just wonder why I have always used sudo kate since 8.04, including 9.04 and it worked until yesterday when I updated the packages.

Thanks anyway!