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Old 03-15-2009   #1 (permalink)
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"GConf error" when open files under root account

I put this post on another debian site,but no answers
Debian User Forums :: View topic - "GConf error" prompt when open files under root ac

the more detail information as below:
I installed lenny,then I enable the testing respositories and run "apt-get dist-upgrade" to update my OS and run"apt-get autoremove " to clean unnecessary packages.

during this period ,I found debian remove the "gedit,gdm,etc,." but in ubuntu,it never happened when I used aboved two commands to update my OS.

Now the problem is when i try to open somthing by using gedit on the shell while using root account,then the system gives errors as below

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(nautilus:5245): Eel-WARNING **: GConf error:
  Failed to contact configuration server; some possible causes are that you need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks due to a system crash. See http://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/ for information. (Details -  1: Failed to get connection to session: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.)

but if I use "sudo" instead ,then everything is OK
it seems somthing wrong about the configuration of root account
then
I deleted .gconfd under the root folder,but no helps
and restarted dbus daemon again,also no helps

So now i want to know ,how to figure out this problem,
how to reconfigure the root account
later which command can be used to update my tesing (squeeze) system

Thanks in advance!
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This is about all I could find on this: Linux Mint Forums • View topic - [Error] Starting Nautilus as root. Looks like the issue is a mixed install of gnome 2.22 and 2.24. There's a bug report on it: Bug 555745 - Programs using Gconf fail if you start via "su" (GConf)

Take a look at the smxi scripts for help with upgrading the system: smxi sgfxi svmi rbxi :: home page
Smxi - MEPIS Documentation Wiki
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