Public bug reported: Binary package hint: thunderbird
Have tried to run various administrative tasks on a Maverick/10.10 system when logged into it with "ssh -X u...@system" Am unable to get any GUI applications to run. for example, running "gksudo -l" will show these errors on the terminal window where I have run that: =========================================================================== GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Error connecting: Connection refused) GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Error connecting: Connection refused) GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Error connecting: Connection refused) GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Error connecting: Connection refused) (gksudo:5053): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_value_free: assertion `value != NULL' failed GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Error connecting: Connection refused) =========================================================================== I will get a popup window to give the command I want to run, after which it will prompt me for my password. After that, I get a popup error which says: =========================================================================== Failed to run gnome-terminal as user root. The underlying authorization mechanism (sudo) does not allow you to run this program. Contact the system administrator. =========================================================================== Running this command locally as the same user works with no problem. ** Affects: thunderbird (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- cannot run sudo/gksudo remotely https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/667469 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
