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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.