Bug 638415 - Failed to connect to the session manager
Summary: Failed to connect to the session manager
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gedit
Version: 14
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Ray Strode [halfline]
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-09-28 23:34 UTC by Brandon
Modified: 2010-10-08 22:13 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2010-10-08 22:13:47 UTC
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Description Brandon 2010-09-28 23:34:37 UTC 
Description of problem:


[brandon@localhost ~]$ su -c 'gedit /etc/pulse/daemon.conf'
Password: 

(gedit:3873): EggSMClient-WARNING **: Failed to connect to the session manager: None of the authentication protocols specified are supported

**
GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2270:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL)
[brandon@localhost ~]$ 


*trying to edit pulse .conf for 5.1 surround sound. used vim instead.
Comment 1 Matthias Clasen 2010-10-08 22:13:47 UTC 
Not a bug, at least not a gedit bug. If you run it as root, it doesn't have access to your session bus, and thus neither session management nor gio functionality are available.
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