On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 4:37 PM, Patrick Wiseman <pwise...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a menu item, 'sudo gedit', which has worked for years but just > stopped working (on a current testing system). Running from the > command line, I get: > > No protocol specified > > (gedit:30084): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0 > > as I do when I try to run gedit in a root terminal. I hope this is > not another example of putting misplaced security concerns ahead of > functionality. It's not a problem with my sudoers file as another > menu item, which runs 'sudo aptitude' in a terminal, works. How can I > run gedit as root?
Sorry to answer my own question - 'gksudo gedit' works (although why sudo no longer works, I don't know). Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktikd27d«gihess9hwttm9umzjcynzadq...@mail.gmail.com
