Gtk-WARNING with display when using sudo in nx

Question

I am using nxclient on my Windows machine to connect to a Linux server which is running RHE. I am able to run all programs with GUI correctly. However, when I run the same programs with sudo, I get the following

error:(SciTE:25243): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :1066.0

There is no display connected to this machine, so I am gussing nx is setting my $DISPLAY to :1066.0?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 08 '12 at 18:18

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problem is that sudo changes you user context to root and root doesn't have a display set. try using kdesu (for kde) or beesu (for gnome) to launch your app

answered Jun 08 '12 at 18:18

uSlackr

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Isn't beesu a wrapper around su? I was hoping to find a way that I can use sudo rather than using beesu and entering the root password. – Ari Jun 08 '12 at 20:05
What happens if you launch sudo with :1066 as a parameter? – uSlackr Jun 08 '12 at 20:23
I don't think that's a valid argument: sudo :1066.0 SciTE sudo: :1066.0: command not found – Ari Jun 09 '12 at 04:01
how about sudo Scite :1066? – uSlackr Jun 09 '12 at 19:25

Gtk-WARNING with display when using sudo in nx

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