Got the same bunch of error messages until I tried
$ sudo -Hs
or
$ sudo -H gedit /somewhere
changing to root's home should also avoid overwriting your home .dbus.
by root.
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It seems that DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS is propagated not only through
environment variable, but through X11 atom as well. So with Ubuntu 10.04
clearing the env.var just does not work ...
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GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server using root user
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/336660
Hi, it is not quiet a but, but indeed is annoying.
The explanation of the problem is the following:
When you su to root from a terminal where you are logged in as another user the
new "su-ed" user gonna inherit the environment variables from the parent shell
user.
Example: let's say that for
I just upgraded to Jauunty alpha6 from intrepid. The bug is new.
gnome-terminal opens fine from my user account. However
gksudo gnome-terminal
sudo gnome-terminal
end with just the line:
Failed to contact the GConf daemon; exiting.
(there was not even a linefeed at the end)
Tried the same wit
thank you for your bug report, that's not a bug though, you need to
start a dbus session bus or use dbus-launch
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Importance: Undecided => Low
Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
Status: New => Invalid
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GConf Error: Failed to
