"gksu gedit" opens "Untilted Document" along with desired document

Bug #822008 reported by Jon Grossart
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gedit (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

"gedit /etc/fstab" opens gedit as you would expect with only the requested file.
"gksu gedit /etc/fstab" opens the file you request, but all an "Untitled Document" the background. When you exit the program, you get asked if you want to save this blank document.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gedit 3.1.2-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-7.9-generic 3.0.0
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-7-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Aug 6 10:03:16 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110705.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gedit
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-03 (2 days ago)

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Jon Grossart (jon-grossart) wrote :
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Marcel Stimberg (marcelstimberg) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 796076, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in gedit (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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