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 Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/336660 Title: GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server using root user -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
