What's going on when you type "sudo visudo" and hit Ctrl+C ? And why ?

It goes into a loop:
I tried several times to grab the nonsense on the screen.
Is this a bug ? I'm not sure if it's related to xterm (because the same happens in guake).
It's freaking me out. What do ?
PS: I'm using the open source xf86-video-nouveau driver if you think it may be a driver issue.
Last edited by DSpider (2010-11-07 11:47:42)

EDITOR=nano
sudo visudo
export EDITOR=nano && sudo visudo
They both open with vi. So how the heck do I edit my sudoers file then ?
PS:
I'm sure vi is a powerful editor (in the right hands) but it's waaaaay off the KISS principle.
Nano is like 30 times easier. I couldn't even find the QUIT command in vi, lol.
Last edited by DSpider (2010-11-07 14:23:06)

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