nautilus cant start from root

[kimatib]

Binary package hint: nautilus

command issued: nautilus . #from root

(nautilus:10214): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager:
None of the authentication protocols specified are supported.

(nautilus:10214): 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.)

Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10
The problem started after upgrade from Hardy Heron.
I think it has to do with the replacement of configuration files.

[Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m)]

Are you trying to do it from a root console or by using "gksu"? Root won't have an instance of gconfd running since it's not logged into GNOME, which could explain the gconf error.