Comment 72 for bug 328575

Indeed.

as a workaround one can create /usr/local/bin/gnome-terminal with the above code:

#!/bin/bash

if [ "$EUID" = "0" ] ; then

 eval `dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session`
 /usr/lib/libgconf2-4/gconfd-2&
fi

exec /usr/bin/gnome-terminal $*