I'm trying to edit grub menu so I can add Windows XP to it.

I tried to edit grub.conf in Fedora 14 but it's impossible: every time it gives an error message:

(gedit:4676): EggSMClient-WARNING **: Failed to connect to the session manager: None of the authentication protocols specified are supported

**
GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2270:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL)
Aborted (core dumped)

I can see it when I try
cat /boot/grub/grub.conf
but
gedit /boot/grub/grub.conf doesn't work.
Neither does
gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

Thanks.

Are you logged in as root in the terminal?
Try gksudo as user.
Or as user type
then login as root and run
Or use vi or nano


Kind regards

Are you logged in as root in the terminal? Yes
Try gksudo as user.
I got this: bash: gksudo: command not found...

Or as user type
Code:

xhost +

then login as root and run
Code:

gedit /boot/grub/grub.conf

Or use vi or nano

Logged in as root, and ran gedit /boot/grub/grub.conf
Got this message:
(gedit:4888): EggSMClient-WARNING **: Failed to connect to the session manager: None of the authentication protocols specified are supported

**
GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2270:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL)
Aborted (core dumped)

Try:
open a terminal
note the "-"
give your password
type
If this fails, type
Kind regards

Try:
open a terminal

Code:

su -

note the "-"
give your password
type

Code:

gedit /boot/grub/grub.conf


Thanks. That worked for me.