Bug 135377

Summary:	Kate gives errors when launched from command line with sudo but still runs
Product:	[Applications] kate	Reporter:	Andrew Hunter <andy.e.hunter>
Component:	general	Assignee:	KWrite Developers <kwrite-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Andrew Hunter 2006-10-10 03:20:45 UTC

Version:           2.5.4 (using KDE KDE 3.5.4)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages
OS:                Linux

From https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/kdebase/+bug/64735:


Kate throws screens of errors when invoking with sudo through command line; kate still starts, similar error to hoary it either didn't get fixed or is back.

rexbron@rexbron-laptop:~$ sudo kate test
 Password:
 Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
 Xlib: No protocol specified
kdeinit: Can't connect to the X Server.
 kdeinit: Might not terminate at end of session.
 Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
 Xlib: No protocol specified
kded: cannot connect to X server :0
 DCOP aborting call from 'anonymous-20768' to 'kded'
 kded: ERROR: Communication problem with kded, it probably crashed.
 QObject::disconnect: Unexpected null parameter


My kate version is 2.5.4 and kdebase 4:3.5.4-0ubuntu29

Comment 1 Christoph Cullmann 2008-08-12 14:01:49 UTC

sorry, thats no KDE specific problem, can't fix that.