Subject: bug#31168: 27.0.50; dconf spews warnings on Emacs startup

From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2018 11:14:30 -0400

Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:

> When I start Emacs, I get several screenfuls of this:
>
> (emacs:22926): dconf-CRITICAL **: unable to create file
> /run/user/1000/dconf/user': Permission denied. dconf will not work
> properly.

Is this after "su" by any chance?

If so, this is not specific to Emacs.
See eg explanation at https://bugs.debian.org/772910#15
and https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=753882

If not after su, then I guess your desktop session didn't initialize
properly, or somesuch.