On Monday, March 6, 2017 11:13:59 AM CET Joachim Backes wrote: > Hi, > > seeing coincidentally that some X11 applications with sudo under > GNOME/Wayland will fail: > ------------------------------------------------------------- > For example: > > 1. sudo xterm > No protocol specified > Warning: This program is an suid-root program or is being run by the > root user. > The full text of the error or warning message cannot be safely formatted > in this environment. You may get a more descriptive message by running the > program as a non-root user or by removing the suid bit on the executable. > xterm: Xt error: Can't open display: %s > > 2. sudo gnome-terminal > No protocol specified > Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused > Failed to parse arguments: Cannot open display: > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Running the same under Gnome/Xorg executes properly. > > Anybody sees this too? > > Kind regards > > Joachim Backes Hey Joachim, Could you supply us with some more information, like: - The output of `echo $DISPLAY` - Verbose output of you're display manager - The version of the software you are using(Gnome, xorg and gdm) Can you also answer a few extra questions such as: - Are you running the program from a vtty or a terminal inside your desktop environment(If yes what terminal are you using?) - Can you supply us with a list of the applications that do not work and could you also try running them trough `gnome-do`? I will await your answer.
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