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burmmo

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Registered: 2008-06-23

Posts: 12

[Solved]getting error when trying to launch kate in terminal

i'm wondering why i'm getting this error message when trying to open a file with kate using root in standard terminal

eg su
kate /home/user/document
and i'm getting this error mesage

No protocol specified
kate: cannot connect to X server :0.0

when i try the same method with user account it work perfectl
kate /home/user/document
no error

when i'm trying to open firestarter with root i get this kind message

No protocol specified

(firestarter:7848): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0

so i try with standard user and i this kind of message
"insufficient privelige u need to be root"

Last edited by burmmo (2008-07-01 21:03:42)

Dheart

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From: Sofia, Bulgaria

Registered: 2006-10-26

Posts: 956

Re: [Solved]getting error when trying to launch kate in terminal

You can always use

xhost + localhost

But the real solution lies here...

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My victim you are meant to be
No, you cannot hide nor flee
You know what I'm looking for
Pleasure your torture, I will endure...

burmmo

Member

Registered: 2008-06-23

Posts: 12

Re: [Solved]getting error when trying to launch kate in terminal

i try and it work:D Thanks and now i can use kate with su:)