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    GParted won't open

    I'm trying to open GParted to resize a partition so I can Dual boot with Windows 7.

    I downloaded GParted through the software center, accessed it through "System > Administrator > ", type my password it, the GParted screen pops up and it's all grayed out except for the scanning feature, which is active. After about 5-10 seconds the program closes.

    Any ideas?

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    Re: GParted won't open

    Open terminal, give
    Code:
    gksu gparted
    and look for error messages after the program terminates.

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    Re: GParted won't open

    Quote Originally Posted by TeoBigusGeekus View Post
    Open terminal, give
    Code:
    gksu gparted
    and look for error messages after the program terminates.
    I did that last night. I think all it said was "Aborted" but I didn't pay that close of attention. I'll do it again and post the results. I also tried that command from the root.

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    Re: GParted won't open

    did you run it as sudo?

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    Re: GParted won't open

    Quote Originally Posted by sohlinux View Post
    did you run it as sudo?
    I think so. That's what I meant when I mentioned 'root'.

    What's the command to run it as sudo?

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    Re: GParted won't open

    Graphical applications should be run using gksu and not sudo.
    Give
    Code:
    gksu gparted
    and post us any error messages.

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    Re: GParted won't open

    normaly gksu for graphical apps but try run sudo gparted and see if you get any error messages pop up and paste them here, you may have a broken ownership/permissions in home from previous sudo graphical launch
    Last edited by sohlinux; November 9th, 2010 at 10:34 PM.

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    Re: GParted won't open

    Do you have any external USB drives connected that gparted cannot read? I do have a external that I have to disconnect before running gparted. Just an idea.
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    Re: GParted won't open

    Quote Originally Posted by garvinrick4 View Post
    Do you have any external USB drives connected that gparted cannot read? I do have a external that I have to disconnect before running gparted. Just an idea.
    Nope.



    When I type the command in I get:

    "======================
    libparted : 2.3
    ======================
    "

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    Re: GParted won't open

    ...and after it terminates?

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