Thanks for your report, I'm seeing this too. This is a regression introduced in Oneiric, in Natty no additional tab is opened.
** Changed in: gedit (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed ** Description changed: Binary package hint: gedit Ex. - gksudo gedit /etc/fstab will open fstab successfully but will also try to open "Untitled Document 1" at the same time + gksudo gedit /etc/fstab will open fstab successfully but will also try to open "Untitled Document 1" at the same time If just running gksudo gedit than you'll get "Untitled Document 1" that never does fully open (become writable + + == Regression details == + Discovered in version: 3.0.4-0ubuntu2 + Last known good version: 2.30.4-2ubuntu1 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: gedit 3.0.4-0ubuntu2 [modified: usr/share/applications/gedit.desktop] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-9.43lp760131v201106060906-generic 2.6.38.7 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-9-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Jun 11 19:11:08 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) ProcEnviron: - LANGUAGE=en_US:en - PATH=(custom, user) - LANG=en_US.utf8 - LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8 - SHELL=/bin/bash + LANGUAGE=en_US:en + PATH=(custom, user) + LANG=en_US.utf8 + LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gedit UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Tags added: regression-release -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gedit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/796076 Title: When run as root [gksudo gedit <whatever>] gedit tries to open a 2nd 'untitled document 1' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/796076/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs