Re: [gentoo-user] Ever since a recent update, vim misbehaves when run as root

[Steffen Loos <fenlo@gmx.net>]

Am 30.07.2010 05:58, schrieb Walter Dnes:
> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 01:35:46PM -0700, Kevin O'Gorman wrote
>> I'm not exactly sure when, but starting a month or so ago, vim has been
>> acting weird when
>> I run it as root.  For one thing, there are messages
>>      Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
>
>    General rule... by default X apps cannot be run by any user other than
> the one who started the X session.  This bites you when you launch X as
> regular user, and then "su -".  Is vim considered an X app?  Yes, if
> you've emerged vim with the X USE flag enabled.  You have two options.
>
> 1) Get rid of the X-integration by going into /etc/portage/package.use
> and adding the line...
>
> app-editors/vim -X
>
> You'll have to re-emerge vim after making that change.  This gets rid
> of X-integration for vim.

... or you start with:
~# vim -X

regards,
Steffen