[Bug 779569] Re: syntax highlighting will not work, unless I am root

[Olivier Mengué]

** Changed in: vim (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  syntax highlighting will not work, unless I am root

Status in “vim” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: vim

  I used to use vim often for editing, and am certain that syntax
  highlighting was available. After the upgrade there is no color, and
  even

  :syntax enable
  :syntax on 

  does nothing, however 
  :set syntax 
  gives me the correct file type 

  If I log in as root, syxtax highlighting works out of the box,
   and our .vimrc files are identical, so is .vim/ and .viminfo because cp would not let me copy it.

  it seems like others have had the same problem, however i could not find a solution. This guy had a similar problem.
  http://ircanswers.com/ubuntu/623936/installed-highlighting-wondering-hashad-similar

  I have tried upgrading my vim packages, installing vim-common, vim-runtime, vim-gnome, editing /etc/vim/vimrc, but to no avail
  my .vimrc : http://paste.ubuntu.com/604896/ 
  /etc/vim/vimrc : http://paste.ubuntu.com/604897/

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: vim 2:7.3.035+hg~8fdc12103333-1ubuntu7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun May  8 12:25:57 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: vim
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-02 (5 days ago)

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