Bug 474523

Summary: gconf doesn't work well with su (but works fine with su -)
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: jatin khatri <khatri.jatin>
Component: GConfAssignee: Ray Strode [halfline] <rstrode>
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Version: 10CC: atodorov, flokip, misieck, murphyl, ralston, serge, tbeattie
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Description jatin khatri 2008-12-04 09:54:50 UTC
Description of problem:

Gconf error when try to run  "su root" command 





Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):FC10


How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual results:
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(nautilus:2879): 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.)



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Expected results:
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It should run the file browser as  root 

Additional info:

Comment 1 Ray Strode [halfline] 2008-12-11 21:24:50 UTC
*** Bug 474944 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Lindsay Murphy 2008-12-15 06:29:25 UTC
I can confirm this bug in F10 with all updates installed as of December 15.  This bug also includes a slightly different sub-variant, which affects all other GNOME programs (see below).

Steps to Reproduce:

Issuing "su" and then "gedit" (or any other GNOME program that isn't Nautilus) from the command line results in the following:

EggSMClient-WARNING **: Failed to connect to the session manager: None of the authentication protocols specified are supported

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.)
**Multiple repetitions of this error message spam up the terminal window**

Gedit then opens and behaves as root.  

Expected Behavior:

Program opens and behaves as root, without the error messages.

Other Information:

Issuing "su -" instead of "su" stops the error messages.  I don't know if the GConf problems are still occurring "behind the scenes."

Comment 3 Cole Robinson 2009-03-10 20:40:52 UTC
*** Bug 488878 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Michal Pomorski 2009-05-10 13:01:03 UTC
This is still a bug in Fedora 11 preview.

Comment 5 Trevin Beattie 2009-10-23 22:02:21 UTC
I just got a similar message in a pop-up window while beta testing Fedora 12.  The only difference is in the details:

"Details - 1: Could not send message to GConf daemon: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus)"

The message popped up while I was switching between Evolution's Mail and Calendar views, but I've also seen GConf error messages many times in the logwatch report on my home computer (running Fedora 10).  I can't tell where it's coming from.

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Comment 7 Serge Droz 2009-12-06 20:58:52 UTC
Is this bug still active? I got bitten by https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=488878 which is this bug in disguise.

Fedora 12 x86_64

Comment 8 Bug Zapper 2009-12-18 07:08:36 UTC
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