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"EggSMClient-WARNING **: Failed to connect to the session manager: None of the authentication protocols specified are supported"

rated 0 times [ 5] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 10596 / 1 Year ago, tue, may 30, 2023, 7:50:18

I am on ubuntu 12.10.

Every time that I try to open gedit on root this appears:

(gedit:3254): EggSMClient-WARNING **: Failed to connect to the session manager: None of the authentication protocols specified are supported



** (gedit:3254): WARNING **: Could not connect to session bus

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answered 1 Year ago confiorc · Accepted Answer

Use gksudo for this:

gksudo gedit

That should do the trick.