Public bug reported: When i type : sudo gedit
, nothing happens and i have to press control c to get back to prompt. when i type gksudo gedit, it says this: GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager: Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed. The application 'gedit' lost its connection to the display :0.0; most likely the X server was shut down or you killed/destroyed the application. " and it never finishes loading. basically im stuck using vim . Ubuntu dapper edit: Btw, sudo nano works fine. ** Affects: ndiswrapper (Ubuntu) Importance: Untriaged Status: Unconfirmed ** Affects: sudo (Ubuntu) Importance: Untriaged Status: Unconfirmed ** Description changed: When i type : sudo gedit , nothing happens and i have to press control c to get back to prompt. when i type gksudo gedit, it says this: GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager: Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed. The application 'gedit' lost its connection to the display :0.0; most likely the X server was shut down or you killed/destroyed the application. " and it never finishes loading. basically im stuck using vim . Ubuntu dapper + + edit: Btw, sudo nano works fine. ** Also affects: sudo (Ubuntu) Importance: Untriaged Status: Unconfirmed -- neither sudo gedit, nor gksudo gedit work https://launchpad.net/bugs/60317 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs