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I have this error when running bleachbit through sudo or as root:

~$ sudo bleachbit
No protocol specified
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py:57: GtkWarning: could not open display
  warnings.warn(str(e), _gtk.Warning)
Could not open X display

I have ubuntu 14.04, bleachbit 1.0.

Update: tested also bleachbit 1.8, same issue.

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  • There is no need to run bleachbit as root ;) – Panther Sep 24 '15 at 19:49
  • @bodhi.zazen but it can't delete unneeded files not owned by user – BigOther Sep 24 '15 at 23:05
  • What files would that be ? – Panther Sep 24 '15 at 23:24
  • apt cache for example – BigOther Sep 24 '15 at 23:25
  • sudo apt-get clean IMO you really should not be using bleachbit on system files. – Panther Sep 24 '15 at 23:40
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Maybe this could help, it seems others have had this issue as well: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bleachbit/+bug/1377719

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  • As noted in the bug, BleachBit version 1.6 adds a warning for the option KDE - Temporary Files. The bug ticket also explains when this is an issue. – Andrew Sep 24 '15 at 16:12
  • Thanks for that, I skimmed the page, and it seemed that there was no clear answer, so I linked it hoping it could be helpful. Thanks @Andrew for clearing it up for me. I've had the error in the past, but figured out how to fix it, though I cannot remember exactly how. – Dooley_labs Sep 24 '15 at 16:15
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In BleachBit through at least version 1.8 you need to avoid KDE - Temporary Files, or in the preferences maybe you can whitelist a file that looks like ~/.kde/tmp-(username)-desktop14/xauth-1000-_0 assuming its filename does not change.

(Thanks to @dooley_labs for referencing bug 1377719.)

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  • The tool is crashing at the start as root, I can't get to the preferences. – BigOther Sep 25 '15 at 16:15
  • bigOTHER: The "tool" is BleachBit? Have you tried logging out or rebooting to reinitilize the KDE xauth file? – Andrew Sep 25 '15 at 19:45

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