gnome-terminal fails for root user

Bug #326174 reported by gdzdz
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-terminal (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-terminal

when in root,gnome-terminal 2.25.x fails,error message is:"Failed to contact the GConf daemon; exiting."
but in other user or 2.24.x normally.

when I run: gksu -d -S gnome-terminal
result is:
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No ask_pass set, using default!
xauth: /tmp/libgksu-IFX9Wy/.Xauthority
STARTUP_ID: gksu/gnome-terminal/10937-0-2k03UH_TIME7222490
cmd[0]: /usr/bin/sudo
cmd[1]: -H
cmd[2]: -S
cmd[3]: -p
cmd[4]: GNOME_SUDO_PASS
cmd[5]: -u
cmd[6]: root
cmd[7]: --
cmd[8]: gnome-terminal
buffer: -Failed to contact the GConf daemon; exiting.-
brute force GNOME_SUDO_PASS ended...
No password prompt found; we'll assume we don't need a password.
Failed to contact the GConf daemon; exiting.xauth: /tmp/libgksu-IFX9Wy/.Xauthority
xauth_env: /home/bc/.Xauthority
dir: /tmp/libgksu-IFX9Wy
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gdzdz (gdzdz)
description: updated
gdzdz (gdzdz)
Changed in gnome-terminal:
status: New → Invalid
gdzdz (gdzdz)
Changed in gnome-terminal:
status: Invalid → New
description: updated
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Guillaume Desmottes (cassidy) wrote :

Same problem here. I switched to Jaunty and the super user console doesn't work any more.

Changed in gnome-terminal (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Alexey Balmashnov (a.balmashnov) wrote :

Looks like this is duplicate of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gconf2/+bug/328575 or other way around.

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Andreas Moog (ampelbein) wrote :

I will set this bug-report as a duplicate of bug 328575, please continue discussion there. Thanks for reporting.

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