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fettouhi

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Registered: 2007-05-07

Posts: 754

[SOLVED] Vim warning "No protocol specified"

Ever since I upgraded my KDE Sc to 4.5.0 (KDEmod) I've been getting this warning when launching vim with sudo or as root (via doing su - first). As far as I understand from older threads dating back to 2008. It has to do with vim trying to connect to the X server. How can I fix this warning permanently and has it appeared just now?

Last edited by fettouhi (2010-08-29 07:29:22)

fettouhi

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Registered: 2007-05-07

Posts: 754

Re: [SOLVED] Vim warning "No protocol specified"

I finally found a solution to the problem:

I put the following line in my root users .bashrc script

export XAUTHORITY=/home/<user>/.Xauthority

then I copied .Xauthority to root also, i.e.

sudo cp ~/.Xauthority /root

and now the warning is gone.

quigybo

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Registered: 2009-01-15

Posts: 223

Re: [SOLVED] Vim warning "No protocol specified"

You can use the -E switch to keep environment variables in sudo, or just use gksudo for all graphical apps.

fettouhi

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Registered: 2007-05-07

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Re: [SOLVED] Vim warning "No protocol specified"

You mean by running vim via

vim -E ...

?

quigybo

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Registered: 2009-01-15

Posts: 223

Re: [SOLVED] Vim warning "No protocol specified"

man sudo

zezu

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Registered: 2017-12-25

Posts: 16

Re: [SOLVED] Vim warning "No protocol specified"

Have the same problem, this command fix it

sudo xhost +local:root

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: [SOLVED] Vim warning "No protocol specified"

Don't
a) necrobump
b) to a solved thread and
c) especially not with such ill-advising rubbish.

Whenever you've xauthority issues, xhost, especially to grant root access, is NOT THE ANSWER.

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V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 23,262

Re: [SOLVED] Vim warning "No protocol specified"

What seth said.

Seriously don't bump 7 year old threads. -- https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … bumping.22

Closing.