I must be blind!!!

[ixoye777]

I can't seem to find the "Administrator Mode" button, am I blind?

I want to change/instal some new KDE themes.

Thanks.

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[DeathKitten]

Re: I must be blind!!!

Searching for "KDM Theme manager" on the forum here yielded two very helpful results in the first two spots.

http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3084917.0
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3083736.0

[ixoye777]

Re: I must be blind!!!

Should have done a search. Thanks.

[Ant2ne]

Re: I must be blind!!!

you can run some apps in root by opening them in a konsole like

sudo konqueror

or

sudo kate

the first is handy when dealing with multiple files with permission issues.

[askrieger]

Re: I must be blind!!!

Actually, you SHOULDN'T use "sudo konqueror" or "sudo kate". You should use "kdesu konqueror" or "kdesu kate". The sudo command is for the command line. "kdesu" is the equivalent for GUI programs.

[Gediminas2]

Re: I must be blind!!!

sudo is better
It works all the time, kdesu sometimes doesn't load at all.

I rest my case

[askrieger]

Re: I must be blind!!!

It works all the time, kdesu sometimes doesn't load at all.

That's strange. I've never seen that. Can you describe the circumstances? On the other hand, using sudo for a GUI program may screw up the ownership and perms of the edited program.

LATER: A search of the forum seems to indicate a recent problem affecting SOME people with KDESU. The suggested fix is to install and use the Gnome equivalent "gksu", NOT to use sudo for GUI operations.

[abn91c]

Re: I must be blind!!!

Dude maximize the window to see the buttom

[Ant2ne]

Re: I must be blind!!!

Actually, you SHOULDN'T use "sudo konqueror" or "sudo kate". You should use "kdesu konqueror" or "kdesu kate". The sudo command is for the command line. "kdesu" is the equivalent for GUI programs.

kdesu? sudo? why not just stick with sudo! I have never used kdesu (unless I was copy and pasting some command from a web instruction) and I haven't had any permission problems, of course, I'm the only user. I'll keep that in mind though.

[Detonate]

Re: I must be blind!!!

gksudo, kdesu, and sudo for GUI apps. Why? Read this:

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/graphicalsudo

[Ant2ne]

Re: I must be blind!!!

From http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/graphicalsudo

3. There are also some graphical applications that simply will not run with the sudo command. Kate, for example, can be run as

kdesu kate

but cannot be run as

sudo kate

That is funny, because I run sudo kate all the time 8)