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Expand Up @@ -327,6 +327,8 @@ HandleLidSwitchExternalPower=ignore

### Q: I'm having some trouble starting gparted

> Note: It is not recommended to run GUI clients as root.
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$ pkexec --disable-internal-agent /usr/sbin/gparted
Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key
Expand All @@ -336,3 +338,6 @@ Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key
Either install `xauth` or run `xhost +si:localuser:root` as the user who
started labwc (not root) to fix this.

If `xauth` and/or `xhost` are not installed, it is possible to run with
`sudo -E gparted`.