tags 393159 + confirmed close 393159 4:3.5.5a-2 thanks This is confirmed by http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=135645If anyone can reproduce this bug with kdebase 3.5.5, please report. This is probably a serious bug, and will be fixed by kdebase's transition to testing, which is blocked by the libraw1394 transition.
To launch a graphical application as root without using kdesu, gksu (a Gtk+ application with significant dependencies) or sux can be used.