Bug#769889: dconf-CRITICAL: unable to create file '/run/user/1000/dconf/user': Permission denied. dconf will not work properly.

[angela]

New install of Stretch with Gnome..
# cd /run/user/1000
# ls-l
...you'll see something like this:
d? ? ? ? ? ? gvfs

Based on Piviul's suggestion, I ran
# chmod u+rx /run/user/1000/gvfs
also tried:
# chown myself:myself gvfs

I end up with:
chmod: cannot access '/run/user/1000/gvfs': Permission denied

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Bug#769889: dconf-CRITICAL: unable to create file '/run/user/1000/dconf/user': Permission denied. dconf will not work properly.

[Aus]

Hi,

I'm running Debian Jessie with Gnome 3.14 (so not MATE).
For me this is also a recurring issue, it makes the system quite 
unstable in an undebian way.


Similar messages:

gnome-session[1095]: (gnome-shell:1193): dconf-CRITICAL **: unable to 
create file '/run/user/1000/dconf/user': Permission denied.  dconf will 
not work properly.

[..]

Hope this helps to narrow it down further.

On Sat, 14 Nov 2015 00:33:26 +0100 Michael Biebl  wrote:

Am 13.11.2015 um 23:42 schrieb pioruns:
> I just experienced this problem on Debian Jessie AMD64 with MATE.
> mate-panel process devoured 16GB of RAM and 15GB of swap, I had to
> reboot PC from terminal.
> on ~/.xsession-errors  file I found never-ending stream of error messages:
> (mate-panel:1490): dconf-CRITICAL **: unable to create file
> '/run/user/1000/dconf/user': Permission denied.  dconf will not work
> properly.
>
> I applied chmod:
> chmod u+rx /run/user/1000/gvfs
>
> Result of command you asked (after chmod):
> pioruns@debian-desktop:~$ ls -l /run/user/1000/dconf/user
> -rw--- 1 pioruns pioruns 2 Nov 13 22:28 /run/user/1000/dconf/user
>
> Will this chmod resolve problem, it won't back again? What is a source
> of this problem?

We had a couple of users reporting such an issue and afaicr, always MATE
was involved. I'm inclined to say the choice of desktop environment is
relevant here. Maybe MATE is doing something.
As I don't use MATE, I can't tell though.

Michael
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Bug#769889: dconf-CRITICAL: unable to create file '/run/user/1000/dconf/user': Permission denied. dconf will not work properly.

[pioruns]

I just experienced this problem on Debian Jessie AMD64 with MATE.
mate-panel process devoured 16GB of RAM and 15GB of swap, I had to
reboot PC from terminal.
on ~/.xsession-errors  file I found never-ending stream of error messages:
(mate-panel:1490): dconf-CRITICAL **: unable to create file
'/run/user/1000/dconf/user': Permission denied.  dconf will not work
properly.

I applied chmod:
chmod u+rx /run/user/1000/gvfs

Result of command you asked (after chmod):
pioruns@debian-desktop:~$ ls -l /run/user/1000/dconf/user
-rw--- 1 pioruns pioruns 2 Nov 13 22:28 /run/user/1000/dconf/user

Will this chmod resolve problem, it won't back again? What is a source
of this problem?

Regards
pioruns

Bug#769889: dconf-CRITICAL: unable to create file '/run/user/1000/dconf/user': Permission denied. dconf will not work properly.

[Michael Biebl]

Am 13.11.2015 um 23:42 schrieb pioruns:
> I just experienced this problem on Debian Jessie AMD64 with MATE.
> mate-panel process devoured 16GB of RAM and 15GB of swap, I had to
> reboot PC from terminal.
> on ~/.xsession-errors  file I found never-ending stream of error messages:
> (mate-panel:1490): dconf-CRITICAL **: unable to create file
> '/run/user/1000/dconf/user': Permission denied.  dconf will not work
> properly.
> 
> I applied chmod:
> chmod u+rx /run/user/1000/gvfs
> 
> Result of command you asked (after chmod):
> pioruns@debian-desktop:~$ ls -l /run/user/1000/dconf/user
> -rw--- 1 pioruns pioruns 2 Nov 13 22:28 /run/user/1000/dconf/user
> 
> Will this chmod resolve problem, it won't back again? What is a source
> of this problem?

We had a couple of users reporting such an issue and afaicr, always MATE
was involved. I'm inclined to say the choice of desktop environment is
relevant here. Maybe MATE is doing something.
As I don't use MATE, I can't tell though.

Michael
-- 
Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the
universe are pointed away from Earth?



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Bug#769889: dconf-CRITICAL: unable to create file '/run/user/1000/dconf/user': Permission denied. dconf will not work properly.

[mdt]

Source: d-conf
Version: 0.22.0-1
Severity: wishlist

After installing Debian Testing some days ago, the syslog contain a very high 
number of the followings lines:

gnome-session[2415]: (gnome-shell:2480): dconf-CRITICAL **: unable to create 
file '/run/user/1000/dconf/user': Permesso negato.  dconf will not work 
properly.

gnome-session[2415]: gnome-session[2415]: dconf-CRITICAL: unable to create file 
'/run/user/1000/dconf/user': Permission denied.  dconf will not work properly.

gnome-session[2415]: dconf-CRITICAL: unable to create file 
'/run/user/1000/dconf/user': Permission denied.  dconf will not work properly.

gnome-session[2415]: (gnome-settings-daemon:2434): dconf-CRITICAL **: unable to 
create file '/run/user/1000/dconf/user': Permesso negato.  dconf will not work 
properly.

org.a11y.Bus[2414]: (process:2418): dconf-CRITICAL **: unable to create file 
'/run/user/1000/dconf/user': Permission denied.  dconf will not work properly.

gnome-session[2416]: (gnome-shell:2481): dconf-CRITICAL **: unable to create 
file '/run/user/1000/dconf/user': Permesso negato.  dconf will not work 
properly.

hexchat.desktop[2681]: (iceweasel:6444): dconf-CRITICAL **: unable to create 
file '/run/user/1000/dconf/user': Permesso negato.  dconf will not work 
properly.

org.gnome.Nautilus[2415]: (nautilus:6547): dconf-CRITICAL **: unable to create 
file '/run/user/1000/dconf/user': Permesso negato.  dconf will not work 
properly.

org.gnome.gedit[2415]: (gedit:6574): dconf-CRITICAL **: unable to create file 
'/run/user/1000/dconf/user': Permesso negato.  dconf will not work properly.

org.gnome.gedit[2415]: (gedit:6581): dconf-CRITICAL **: unable to create file 
'/run/user/1000/dconf/user': Permesso negato.  dconf will not work properly.

org.freedesktop.Tracker1[2415]: (tracker-store:2562): dconf-CRITICAL **: unable 
to create file '/run/user/1000/dconf/user': Permesso negato.  dconf will not 
work properly.

gnome-session[2416]: (tracker-extract:2577): dconf-CRITICAL **: unable to 
create file '/run/user/1000/dconf/user': Permesso negato.  dconf will not work 
properly.

gnome-session[2416]: gnome-session[2416]: dconf-CRITICAL: unable to create file 
'/run/user/1000/dconf/user': Permission denied.  dconf will not work properly.

gnome-session[2416]: dconf-CRITICAL: unable to create file 
'/run/user/1000/dconf/user': Permission denied.  dconf will not work properly.

debian ca.desrt.dconf[1043]: g_dbus_connection_real_closed: Remote peer 
vanished with error: Underlying GIOStream returned 0 bytes on an async read 
(g-io-error-quark, 0). Exiting.

---

root@debian:~# ls -la /run/user/1000/
ls: impossibile accedere a /run/user/1000/gvfs: Permesso negato
totale 0
drwx-- 16 mdt  mdt  320 nov 17 11:41 .
drwxr-xr-x  4 root root  80 nov 17 08:54 ..
drwx--  2 mdt  mdt   60 nov 17 08:54 at-spi2-3HNGPX
drwx--  2 mdt  mdt   60 nov 17 08:54 at-spi2-52KAPX
drwx--  2 mdt  mdt   60 nov 17 11:41 at-spi2-6YIOPX
drwx--  2 mdt  mdt   60 nov 17 08:54 at-spi2-ED7JPX
drwx--  2 mdt  mdt   60 nov 17 08:54 at-spi2-FPMKPX
drwx--  2 mdt  mdt   60 nov 17 11:41 at-spi2-TBHPPX
drwx--  2 mdt  mdt   60 nov 17 08:54 at-spi2-TZKAPX
drwx--  2 mdt  mdt   60 nov 17 11:41 dconf
drwx--  3 mdt  mdt   60 nov 17 08:54 gnome-shell
d?  ? ??  ?? gvfs
drwx--  2 mdt  mdt   40 nov 17 09:14 gvfs-burn
drwx--  2 mdt  mdt  120 nov 17 08:54 keyring
drwx--  2 mdt  mdt   80 nov 17 08:54 pulse
drwxr-xr-x  2 mdt  mdt   80 nov 17 08:54 systemd
root@debian:~# 

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