X Server Errors with Kwrite/Kate

[downdogWoof]

Hi All,

get these errors when trying to open a file with thsese editors,

root@ttyp1[~]# kwrite /mnt/hda12/etc/X11/xorg.conf
kwrite: cannot connect to X server
root@ttyp1[~]# kate /mnt/hda12/etc/X11/xorg.conf
kate: ERROR: KUniqueApplication: Can't determine DISPLAY. Aborting.

cheers.

downdogWoof...

[CrashedAgain]

You are trying to run a x application as root. See this post: http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17131