On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:43:20 -0400, Patrick Wiseman wrote: >> I have a menu item, 'sudo gedit', which has worked for years but just >> stopped working (on a current testing system). . . . > > Sorry to answer my own question - 'gksudo gedit' works (although why > sudo no longer works, I don't know).
Found the answer for ya: sudo has changed from a blacklist to a whitelist model for environment variables. I.e., sudo no longer lets DISPLAY through without you telling it to first. See http://bugs.debian.org/349729 for instructions on workarounds Ref: http://old.nabble.com/Using-setenv-DISPLAY-td3261601.html -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- 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/i8bj9a$33...@dough.gmane.org
