Got the same bunch of error messages until I tried $ sudo -Hs
or $ sudo -H gedit /somewhere changing to root's home should also avoid overwriting your home .dbus. by root. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/336660 Title: GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server using root user -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
