Version: (using KDE 4.4.1) OS: Linux Installed from: Ubuntu Packages I do not know what part of KDE wants ownership of this report. Please assign at your option. This bug has been around for at least 4 years and I do not know which is the current bug. Just loaded KDE4.4 fresh, then an upgraded to KDE4.4.1 through Linux Mint KDE CE 8. When using SU (kdesudo konqueror / dolphin) in Konqueror and Dolphin the title message appears. No files are displayed in the app. The user mode works fine in both apps. This is reproducible. I ran the sudo command in a terminal and I captured a lot of info. It is gobblygook to me but it may help someone. I cannot see so far anyway to attach a file.
Created attachment 42218 [details] command line start by user of dolphin file manager This file shows the text produced by a normal command line start of dolphin by a user.
Created attachment 42219 [details] command line start of dolphin by SU This is the text produced by the 'file protocol died . . .' message. It is dolphin started and stopped. When I closed dolphin, the terminal did not return to the command line prompt.
Created attachment 42220 [details] command line text from a crashed konqueror run as SU This is to show that both dolphin and konqueror suffered the same fate.
Hope these help. Thanks.
- Do they work if you launch them as "sudo dbus-launch dolphin" ? Regards
Thank You for the quick reply and the suggestion. I can confirm that both dolphin and konqueror open, display files and run properly as SU with NO crashes when using your suggestion. How can I make this more permanent or am I pushing my luck?
Added information I added your suggestion to an icon application command line but both konqueror and dolphin crashed. The file icons displayed, no error message shown, but whenever I tried to change directories they crashed. Locked up tighter than a drum. I used "kdesudo dbus-launch dolphin" (and . . . konqueror) Hope this helps.
"kdesu dolphin" works well for me in KDE SC 4.8 beta1.