Getting "cannot connect to xserver" with sudo

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Hi,

when I open bash and enter the following:-

sudo kwrite /etc/fstab

I get the following error:

kwrite: cannot connect to X server

This happens for anything opened with sudo, does anyone perhaps know of
what is wrong? This is a new installation of openSUSE 11.1

Many thanks

Paul

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Try the following command instead:
kdesu kwrite /etc/fstab

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Hi
Try kdesu kwrite /etc/fstab. Maybe it’s a good time to learn vi or
vim :wink:

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thanks that worked a treat :slight_smile:

I will take a look at vi and vim as well.

Paul

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