[Solved] Gparted starts only from terminal

[asinoro]

With the last updates I experienced many issues also before I will start with the most easy and later the more complicate until, I will fed up and return to my previous backup and I will wait the new release of MX.

Gparted starts only from terminal with this command:

# gparted
Failed to get D-Bus connection: Unknown error -1
Too few arguments.
======================
libparted : 3.2

[Jerry3904]

Well that is weird. I'm certainly not seeing that here. Just to check:

1) in a terminal as regular user (not root), does this still work:

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gparted-pkexec

2) if yes, hit Alt-F3, begin to type gparted in the search box until you see the menu entry, then right-click the gparted menu entry > Edit, and look at the command box: do you see the same code there?

[asinoro]

1) $ gparted-pkexec
pkexec must be setuid root

2) The same code at command exist.

I have tried until now.
Reinstall of gparted.
Reinstall of systemd.
Reinstall of systemd-shim

[Jerry3904]

Thanks.

pkexec must be setuid root

I have no idea what has caused that (though I doubt it was an update), so will turn over the topic to people who do.

[asqwerth]

In my antiX installation on laptop, I could only open Gparted without terminal if I used the sudo password. Root wouldn't work.

I have no idea why.

[aus9]

on MX16 64 bit gparted run as root complains but still opens OK
from whisker menu and from command line

whisker menu asks for root pw

terminal stuff below

first check dbus

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/etc/init.d/dbus status
sudo su
gparted

[dolphin_oracle]

In my antiX installation on laptop, I could only open Gparted without terminal if I used the sudo password. Root wouldn't work.

I have no idea why.

antiX defaults to sudo password now for admin tasks (actually since antiX 15)

its configurable in the antix control center.

[dolphin_oracle]

1) $ gparted-pkexec
pkexec must be setuid root

can you provide the output of

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ls -l /usr/bin/pkexec

thanks.

[asinoro]

$ ls -l /usr/bin/pkexec
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 23184 Sep 6 2016 /usr/bin/pkexec

[dolphin_oracle]

Ok, try this from a user terminal

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sudo chmod u+s /usr/bin/pkexec