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From: Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk>
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 Pieter Donche <Pieter.Donche@ua.ac.be>
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On Friday 15 May 2009, Pieter Donche wrote:

> No luck (yet)

I see from your original post that you're using KDE so you could try a 
third way:

Use <ALT + F2> to open the run dialog.
Enter xpdf or whatever in the "Command area.
Click on "Options", select "Run as a different user and fill in the 
username and password for root.

-- 
Mike Clarke