Bug 442168 - root - cannot open display
Summary: root - cannot open display
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 442061
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gdm
Version: rawhide
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ondrej Vasik
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-04-12 10:36 UTC by Flóki Pálsson
Modified: 2008-04-14 12:31 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Last Closed: 2008-04-14 09:03:24 UTC
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Description Flóki Pálsson 2008-04-12 10:36:16 UTC
Description of problem:
root can not open gedit

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
coreutils-6.10-18.fc9.x86_64

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.
[root@localhost ~]# gedit /var/log/dmesg
No protocol specified
cannot open display: 
Run 'gedit --help' to see a full list of available command line options.
[root@localhost ~]#
2.
3.
  
Actual results:
gedit does not open file

Expected results:
gedit opens file 

Additional info:
It works for normal user.
It is not only problem with gedit.    Nautilus has same problem 

[floki@localhost ~]$ gedit /var/log/dmesg
[floki@localhost ~]$

Comment 1 Flóki Pálsson 2008-04-13 17:50:54 UTC
Now after clean install fc9 and update all
then this works

Comment 2 Flóki Pálsson 2008-04-13 18:02:06 UTC
After rebooting then the problem is still there. 

Comment 3 Ondrej Vasik 2008-04-14 08:53:33 UTC
Could you please specify why you reported that issue against coreutils? I don't
see any connections between that bugzilla and coreutils.
From the error messages I guess you don't have DISPLAY envvar set for root.
Anyway, this has nothing to do with coreutils. And most likely is only issue
with some config file. 

Comment 4 Ondrej Vasik 2008-04-14 09:03:24 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 442061 ***

Comment 5 Flóki Pálsson 2008-04-14 12:31:36 UTC
It was not sure.  It was me best gess
"Component: In which component does the bug exist?
Bugzilla requires that you select a component to enter a bug. (Not sure which to
choose? Click on the Component link. You'll see a description of each component,
to help you make the best choice.)"



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