Can't run sudo gnome-terminal or gksudo gnome-terminal in jaunty

Bug #354543 reported by Michael R. Head
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-terminal

According to http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2009-April/msg00053.html "sudo gnome-terminal" or "gksudo gnome-terminal" should work. Alas:

burner@phoenix:~$ sudo gnome-terminal
Failed to contact the GConf daemon; exiting.
burner@phoenix:~$ gksudo gnome-terminal
Failed to contact the GConf daemon; exiting.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: gnome-terminal 2.26.0-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686

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