On 2011-08-23T08:35:58+0800, jidanni@jidanni.org wrote: > >>>>> "r" == rdiezmail-emacs <rdiezmail-emacs@yahoo.de> writes: > r> The console mode has been a shock. There is no mouse at all. I cannot > r> navigate the menus as usual, menu-bar-open is weird and unfriendly. > r> But, worst of all, some key combinations do not work well. > But that's the way it must be here on Debian, if you are root. > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=633652 > My question is how do all those high powered Debian Developers cope? > Don't tell me they don't use emacs. > Or not as root. > Not even > when > administering their system? I use emacs under X to administer my Debian systems. I don't run it as root though. I use emacs TRAMP to use sudo to edit files as root on the local machine. On remote machines I do the same but in an ssh session in xterm (I don't use mouse or menu bars in emacs in X anyway). Looking at bug 633652, have you tried running X programs as root with sux or gksu instead of su? http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/sux http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/gksu -- Kenyon Ralph
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