On Mon, Sep 03, 2012 at 12:37:57PM -0700, jackson byers wrote: > f16 error on starting emacs from root as "su -" > > [root@f16a9 ~]# emacs test.sudash & > [1] 2042 [...] > [1]+ Stopped emacs test.sudash > [root@f16a9 ~]# Disclaimer: I'm not entirely sure about what I write below. Emacs in Fedora is compiled with D-BUS support, when started as above the necessary environment variables are missing and Emacs tries to start in -nw mode; however since you put it in the background, it gets stopped. If you were to type `fg' next, you would see Emacs in -nw mode in the terminal. > > If I go to root as "su" [no dash] > then I do get an emacs window, > although with an annoying error message: > [root@f16a9 byers]# emacs test.sunodash & > [1] 2071 > [root@f16a9 byers]# When started like this, although $UID is 0, the $USER is still you. Similarly other environment variables like the DBUS session id is inherited which allows the Emacs gui to start up. When working as root, I would recommend using emacs -nw. If you really want to have a gui, you can try using sudo with tramp. HTH -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
