Im having the same issue, my driver manager doesn't open as superuser but also does not display anything just a blank window.
Results for my inxi -Fxz look like this
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Is there any reason to believe that the driver manager should have something to show you? If everything works well with the drivers that are packaged within the kernel, then you're good. Mine looks like this, and all is well with my X201 Thinkpad:
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It's a common misunderstanding: Driver Manager is not for all drivers, but only for closed non-free drivers. If there are no closed non-free drivers for your machine, then Driver Manager is indeed always entirely empty.
Certainly not, for gksudo does not exist on OP's operating system.
Pjotr wrote: ⤴Tue Oct 22, 2019 4:11 am
It's a common misunderstanding:
Something my fork from my PPA tries to avoid by presenting the user with a message rather than a blank window:
Also doesn't need to run as superuser by the way.
I wouldn't go so far as to call it a misunderstanding. It's a lack of information. The driver manager could really do with a short explanation, such as the one found on the First Steps tab of the Welcome screen:
Sleeper12, you're solving the wrong problem here. The driver manager is opening; it's just empty.
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sleeper12 wrote: ⤴Tue Oct 22, 2019 11:43 am
the OP did say it's not opening as superuser.
That's because they tacked their post on to an old topic, in which a poster had their DM opening with elevated privileges as well as empty.
If someone says 'it's not opening as superuser', I would interpret that as 'it's opening, but not as superuser'. I do agree that this by itself allows for different interpretations. But they went on to describe a 'blank window', so that means it did open.
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sleeper12 wrote: ⤴Tue Oct 22, 2019 11:43 am
the OP did say it's not opening as superuser.
That's because they tacked their post on to an old topic, in which a poster had their DM opening with elevated privileges as well as empty.
If someone says 'it's not opening as superuser', I would interpret that as 'it's opening, but not as superuser'. I do agree that this by itself allows for different interpretations. But they went on to describe a 'blank window', so that means it did open.
Understood, just wonder now if the OP will return. Problem answered in any case.