Re: [orca-list] I'm getting real tired of apps run as root being inaccessible

[Luke Yelavich <luke yelavich canonical com>]

On Mon, Sep 05, 2016 at 11:17:56PM AEST, John Covici wrote:
> I know when I run vmware work station, and it wants to update the kernel modules
> and I give it the root password, I hear nothing till it comes back to
> my regular user.  Is this a qt app?

No, VMWare uses GTK, but the problem you speak of is one that has essentially 
been talked about in this thread. I'm guessing VMWare is still using GTK2, 
and depending on the desktop environment you are using, GTK_MODULES is not 
set for the root user, hense no feedback until the process is done.

Luke