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

Question

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

Is it just a warning, or a fatal error preventing you from running gedit? (regardless, `gksudo` is the way to go) — IQAndreas, Jul 14 '13 at 12:47

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 20 '13 at 15:56

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Use gksudo for this:

gksudo gedit

That should do the trick.

edited Jan 20 '13 at 15:56

Eliah Kagan

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answered Jan 20 '13 at 15:33

leorize

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`bash: gksudo: command not found` – Tomáš Zato Mar 24 '15 at 16:11

score -4 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 18 '13 at 11:23

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I had the same issue. Resolved with the following command

sudo gedit &

edited Aug 18 '13 at 11:23

guntbert

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answered Aug 18 '13 at 11:01

Ancy Sherin Jose

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Note that the messages shown in the Terminal are not really a problem, and all running gedit with & after it does is to suppress those messages. The underlying (extremely minor) issue that produces the messages is not fixed by doing that. @guntbert `sudo gedit` might [make `gedit` not work when run as the non-root user](http://askubuntu.com/q/270006/22949). We we've discussed, I think it's not very likely to lock out local GUI logins, **but I am not 100% sure**. It [might or might not](http://askubuntu.com/search?q=login+loop+is%3Aquestion) be the practical cause of such problems. – Eliah Kagan Jan 11 '14 at 11:09
-1 Ugh, detaching `sudo` from the shell is a terrible idea. – David Foerster Feb 22 '15 at 12:29

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

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