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charles17
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 10:31 am Post subject: "No protocol specified" after su -c vim

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Any time I use vim from xterm or urxvt with

Code:

su -c vim

after quit, I receive three lines

Code:

No protocol specified
No protocol specified
No protocol specified

Could someone please tell me where these lines come from?

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kikko
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Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2014 8:51 am Post subject:

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Hi charles17
has your vim the "X" USE flag enabled? with this flag enabled, vim tries to access your X clipboard, failing when you run it as root (with that message)

If this is your case, you can try issuing

Code:

xhost +local:

as your normal user, in order to enable local programs to access your X server

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