On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 10:51:07AM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > On 12/26/2013 10:16 AM, bruce wrote: > >what happens if you use gedit, but you open the file as a non root user? > > Works fine as me. Only locks as root. Maybe it is a problem with the .Xauthority file? You could test with an editor that has both terminal only, gui modes. Emacs is the only one I know of. Try starting it as emacs, if it faces the same problem it should fallback to no-window mode. In any case, I think it is considered good practice to not use gui applications as root. I would stick to vim/emacs -nw/nano etc. -- 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 Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org