xhost +127.0.0.1

[pwabrahams]

I've been trying to run kate with root privileges. But when I try to run it from the command line in a superuser shell, I get the message

root@lepiota:~# kate
_X11TransSocketINETConnect() can't get address for localhost:6000: Name or service not known
kate: cannot connect to X server localhost:0.0

How can I get past this?

[myNigga]

Re: xhost +127.0.0.1

When you need to run a graphical app, use "kdesu".
kdesu kate

[pwabrahams]

Problems with kdesu kate

This is puzzling. If I run "kdesu kate /etc/fstab" I can edit fstab. But if I simply run "kdesu kate" and then attempt to open /etc/fstab from there, I merely get a list of the files in /etc that does not include fstab (or, presumably, any other files that are not world-writeable). This is particularly a nuisance since I've set up a desktop icon with the application code

kdesu "kate --use %U"

and though I can start up kate, I can't convince it to open /etc/fstab when I call it that way.