[00:43] <Arfed> hi - I found a QA issue with ubuntu 17.10, that affects basic use of the OS. it seems to be a longstanding issue going back 4 years. am I able to get someone here to repro it, and make sure it gets fixed?
[00:44] <Arfed> the issue is that I can't run gedit from a terminal at all - this is preventing me from making changes to files that need root access
[00:45] <Arfed> repro is this (I think VMWare is important to this): 1: Get 17.10, 2: Install into a VM in VMWare Workstation, 3: Open a terminal. 4: Try to run gedit, or sudo gedit
[00:46] <Arfed> there is a suggested fix here - but it's not acceptable quality, to have to mess around with environment variables to try and fix this:
[00:46] <Arfed> https://askubuntu.com/questions/414785/cant-open-gedit-as-root
[00:50] <Arfed> that above link actually is not helpful for resolving my issue actually