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   rbowman to Carlos E.R.   
   Re: =?UTF-8?B?4oCcV2hhdA==?= a Linux roo   
   23 Jan 26 22:30:07   
   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Fri, 23 Jan 2026 15:00:40 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
      
      
   >> And, does that still work with wayland?   
   >   
   > No idea, I don't have any machine with it.   
      
   I can't address your OpenSUSE configuration but on Ubuntu 'sudo su -'   
   starts a tty session with no display.   
      
   root@kropotkin:~# gvim   
   E233: Cannot open display   
      
   gVim fails and brings up Vim.   
      
   The Linux Mint laptop, which is x11, also reports root can open a display.   
      
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