Easy to use/install (was Re: [Novalug] Community contribution)

[DonJr]

On Wed, 2008-01-23 at 13:05 -0800, Beartooth wrote:
>  	Maybe one of you will know. I installed qtparted in U7, 
> and both times it would launch from its icon, but with an error 
> message including something like "Maybe you're not root?" -- and 
> then the launch was useless -- it got no info.

Not sure what you mean by U7.
How was the icon configured?
Should of been something like:
   gksudo /path/qtparted

{ or something to that effect. }
If it was "sudo" that was a mistake before Ubuntu 7.10, not sure what
they've changed.

>  	If I launched it as root with "qtparted &" I got a 
> different error.

Yes if root didn't have a valid X Display the error should of been:
    cannot open display

Note I've never had qtparted installed in a normal install setup except
for the time it took me to rip it out after a fresh install.

  Yes, I have a Boot CD with qtparted on it that I've used to resize
NTFS partitions and pre-allocate disk space before an install.

  I also have RIP(1) with qtparted included.

  I've just never seen a reason to have it installed on a normal system
as I have never in the past needed to resize a running system.
  {A system pre-prepared for it and shutdown is a different story.}

-- 
 DonJr

(1) - RIP = R)ecovery (I)s (P)ossible see
  <http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/rip/>

--  
  DonJr