[Emacs-bug-tracker] bug#7249: closed (GConf errors when emacs is launched as root via "su")

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has caused the GNU bug report #7249,
regarding GConf errors when emacs is launched as root via "su"
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> GConf errors when emacs is launched as root via "su"
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> Tue, 19 Oct 2010 22:39:40 -0500
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> Launching an emacs built with gconf support as root via "su" (not "su
> -"), produces this error:
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>   # emacs --version
>   GNU Emacs 23.2.1
>   Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>   GNU Emacs comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
>   You may redistribute copies of Emacs
>   under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
>   For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING.
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>   # emacs -Q
>   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://projects.gnome.org/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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> Is this the expected behavior?
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> The original report can be found here:
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>   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=595036
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> Thanks
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> Rob Browning
> rlb @defaultvalue.org and @debian.org
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> Wed, 20 Oct 2010 08:09:59 +0200
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> 2010-10-20 05:39, Rob Browning skrev:
> > Launching an emacs built with gconf support as root via "su" (not "su
> > -"), produces this error:
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> >    # emacs --version
> >    GNU Emacs 23.2.1
> >    Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> >    GNU Emacs comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> >    You may redistribute copies of Emacs
> >    under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
> >    For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING.
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> >    # emacs -Q
> >    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://projects.gnome.org/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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> > Is this the expected behavior?
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> I think it is.  It is a GConf limitation/bug.  su followed by for example 
> gedit or gnome-help gives the same error.  A bug report to GConf might be in 
> order.
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>         Jan D.
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