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Bug 1269862 - Dolphin fails to render using X w/o root rights (sudo dolphin displays a blank window)
Summary: Dolphin fails to render using X w/o root rights (sudo dolphin displays a blan...
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 1236528
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: dolphin
Version: 22
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Daniel Vrátil
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2015-10-08 11:28 UTC by Peter Hostačný
Modified: 2016-08-01 01:06 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2015-10-08 21:25:01 UTC
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Description Peter Hostačný 2015-10-08 11:28:36 UTC 
Description of problem:
When I try to launch dolphin under root, I get asked for password as normal, then the window shows, but the main pain is just blank/gray. I am using F22 with gnome desktop environment, so maybe it is issue related only for gnome users.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Using: GNOME Shell 3.16.3
Qt: 4.8.6
KDE: 4.14.11
Dolphin: 15.04.0

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. $ sudo dolphin
or
1. $ su
2. $ dolphin

Actual results:
gray window

Expected results:
normal window displaying dolphin GUI

Workaround:
"QT_GRAPHICSSYSTEM=raster [kdesu|sudo] dolphin"
"QT_GRAPHICSSYSTEM=native [kdesu|sudo] dolphin"

Similar bug:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212180
Comment 1 Rex Dieter 2015-10-08 11:44:43 UTC 
It's more than just similar, it's the same one.

The workaround is the same, to run qt4 apps as root, set environment variable,

QT_GRAPHICSSYSTEM=native
Comment 2 Kevin Kofler 2015-10-08 21:25:01 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1236528 ***
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