Re: 'sudo gedit' stopped working [SOLVED]

2010-10-03 Thread T o n g
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 kn

Re: 'sudo gedit' stopped working

2010-09-30 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 09/30/2010 04:37 PM, Patrick Wiseman 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:30

Re: 'sudo gedit' stopped working [SOLVED]

2010-09-30 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 4:37 PM, Patrick Wiseman 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

'sudo gedit' stopped working

2010-09-30 Thread Patrick Wiseman
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 t