Backintime does not start as root

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I am trying to run backintime under lubuntu 20.04 as root. I get the authentication dialog from lxqt-sudo and enter my password - nothing happens. I do not get any error message.

I tried

  • starting backintime as non-root works as expected.
  • starting featherpad from terminal “lxqt-sudo featherpad” creates some warnings but works as expected:
(0x7ffc606970d0) Warning: Icon theme "elementary" not found.
(0x7ffc606970d0) Warning: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 148 (Unknown), sequence: 186, resource id: 0, major code: 140 (Unknown), minor code: 20    
QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to '/tmp/runtime-root'
qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 148 (Unknown), sequence: 186, resource id: 0, major code: 140 (Unknown), minor code: 20
  • starting backintime from terminal “lxqt-sudo backintime”:

(0x7ffc7ef68bc0) Warning: Icon theme “elementary” not found.
(0x7ffc7ef68bc0) Warning: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 148 (Unknown), sequence: 186, resource id: 0, major code: 140 (Unknown), minor code: 20

Back In Time
Version: 1.2.1

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This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions; type `backintime --license’ for details.

  • starting timeshift with “lxqt-sudo timeshift” produces the same behaviour

System Information

  • Distribution & Version: Lubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
  • Kernel: 5.4.0-66-generic
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