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faq: mention that sudo -E can be used for gparted
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### Q: I'm having some trouble starting gparted
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> Note: It is not recommended to run GUI clients as root.
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$ pkexec --disable-internal-agent /usr/sbin/gparted
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Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key
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Either install `xauth` or run `xhost +si:localuser:root` as the user who
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started labwc (not root) to fix this.
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If `xauth` and/or `xhost` are not installed, it is possible to run with
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`sudo -E gparted`.
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