Ubuntu – (gedit:76): Gtk-WARNING

connectiondisplaygeditgtkinit

When I type gedit filename.c:

Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused

(gedit:76): Gtk-WARNING **: 17:57:16.278: cannot open display:

This is the error is displayed
and those numbers shown is random everytime I execute it,

when ls -l ~/.config/gedit

is entered

ls: cannot access '/home/blank/.config/gedit': No such file or directory

is displayed

how to fix this?

Best Answer

Most likely the problem is that gedit config files are owned by root. This happens when you run sudo gedit in a terminal, that is wrong.

You can fix it by running

sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /home/$USER/.config/gedit

That will set correct ownership for these files.

Next time if you really need to run gedit with sudo (not recommended), do it this way:

sudo -H gedit
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