In my case, it happens when I try to launch gnome-teminal through 'su(x)'. Here is an example:
ptomulik@:$sux - common Password: com...@tea:~$ gnome-terminal Failed to contact the GConf daemon; exiting. It doesn''t happen, when I run gnome-terminal directly from my account. -- Paweł Tomulik Instytut Techniki Lotniczej i Mechaniki Stosowanej Politechnika Warszawska -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org