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#1 2010-08-28 21:02:42

fettouhi
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Registered: 2007-05-07
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[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)

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#2 2010-08-29 07:29:04

fettouhi
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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.

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#3 2010-08-29 16:36:21

quigybo
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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.

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#4 2010-08-30 06:47:35

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

You mean by running vim via

vim -E ...

?

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#5 2010-08-30 11:03:52

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

man sudo

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#6 2017-12-29 09:16:44

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

Have the same problem, this command fix it

sudo xhost +local:root

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#7 2017-12-29 09:39:26

seth
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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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#8 2017-12-29 11:25:12

V1del
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Registered: 2012-10-16
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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

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