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rated 0 times [ 4] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 6085 / 1 Year ago, sat, november 19, 2022, 7:29:15

In my terminal, I did

 $su nextuser

and logged in to that account. Now, when I try to open a text file in the home directory of that user by

$gedit test.c

I get

No protocol specified

Cannot open display: 

Run 'gedit --help' to see a full list of available command line options.

How can I use the graphical text editor to display files on the new user's account?

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3 Years ago

answered 1 Year ago clegian · Accepted Answer

As root, run

echo $DISPLAY

xhost local:nextuser

Then

su - nextuser

export DISPLAY=<the value got from echo $DISPLAY above>

(or SET DISPLAY.. if export does not work)

And you are good to go. :)