On Fri, 2009-04-03 at 09:40 +0100, Rob Taylor wrote: > Stef Walter wrote: > > Here you go: > > > > $ sudo gnome-terminal > > [sudo] password for stef: > > Failed to contact the GConf daemon; exiting. > > > > Same applies to: > > > > $ gksudo gnome-terminal > > > > This bit me recently (Ubuntu Jaunty). ... > This should work on any distro with the correct version of gconf (2.24). > If this isn't working for you, my first port of call would be first to > see if you have dbus-launch installed, then check you have the > prerequisite .service file available. I would say this seems like a > distro problem, but it works fine for me on Intrepid here. In Jaunty: burner phoenix:~$ cat /usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gnome.GConf.service [D-BUS Service] Name=org.gnome.GConf Exec=/usr/lib/libgconf2-4/gconfd-2 burner phoenix:~$ which dbus-launch /usr/bin/dbus-launch burner phoenix:~$ sudo gnome-terminal Failed to contact the GConf daemon; exiting. burner phoenix:~$ gksudo gnome-terminal Failed to contact the GConf daemon; exiting. Filed: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/354543 > Hope that helps, > Rob > > > Cheers, > > > > Stef > > > > -- Michael R. Head <burner suppressingfire org> http://www.cs.binghamton.edu/~mike/
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