From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Oct 19 23:44:45 2010 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 Oct 2010 03:44:45 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P8PbY-0007mI-TA for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 19 Oct 2010 23:44:45 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P8PT4-0007i8-5K for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 19 Oct 2010 23:35:59 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P8PWi-0006Yf-EE for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 19 Oct 2010 23:39:45 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.1 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]:38999) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P8PWi-0006Yb-C1 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 19 Oct 2010 23:39:44 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=46824 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P8PWh-0001jP-7i for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Oct 2010 23:39:44 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P8PWf-0006YG-Os for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Oct 2010 23:39:43 -0400 Received: from defaultvalue.org ([70.85.129.156]:55647) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P8PWf-0006Y9-JC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Oct 2010 23:39:41 -0400 Received: from omen.defaultvalue.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by defaultvalue.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70F4090D34; Tue, 19 Oct 2010 22:39:40 -0500 (CDT) Received: from raven.defaultvalue.org (raven.defaultvalue.org [192.168.1.7]) by omen.defaultvalue.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D04F501EB; Tue, 19 Oct 2010 22:39:40 -0500 (CDT) Received: by raven.defaultvalue.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 254817BBAA4; Tue, 19 Oct 2010 22:39:40 -0500 (CDT) From: Rob Browning To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Subject: GConf errors when emacs is launched as root via "su" Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 22:39:40 -0500 Message-ID: <87vd4xpm6b.fsf@raven.defaultvalue.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-Spam-Score: -6.6 (------) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 23:44:42 -0400 Cc: Vincent Lefevre , 595036@bugs.debian.org, 595036-forwarded@bugs.debian.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -6.6 (------) Launching an emacs built with gconf support as root via "su" (not "su -"), produces this error: # emacs --version GNU Emacs 23.2.1 Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GNU Emacs comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You may redistribute copies of Emacs under the terms of the GNU General Public License. For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING. # emacs -Q GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; some possible causes are that you need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks due to a system crash. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.) Is this the expected behavior? The original report can be found here: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=595036 (If possible, please maintain the 595036-forwarded@bugs.debian.org address in any replies.) Thanks -- Rob Browning rlb @defaultvalue.org and @debian.org GPG as of 2002-11-03 14DD 432F AE39 534D B592 F9A0 25C8 D377 8C7E 73A4 From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Oct 20 02:05:52 2010 Received: (at 7249-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 Oct 2010 06:05:52 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P8Ro7-0000J6-Oe for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 20 Oct 2010 02:05:51 -0400 Received: from smtprelay-h32.telenor.se ([213.150.131.5]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P8Ro4-0000J1-Qs for 7249-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 20 Oct 2010 02:05:49 -0400 Received: from ipb1.telenor.se (ipb1.telenor.se [195.54.127.164]) by smtprelay-h32.telenor.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8686DE8D9F for <7249-done@debbugs.gnu.org>; Wed, 20 Oct 2010 08:09:35 +0200 (CEST) X-SENDER-IP: [85.225.45.100] X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AsgwAFskvkxV4S1kPGdsb2JhbAChWAwBAQEBNS3AWoVKBI1P X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.57,354,1283724000"; d="scan'208";a="142690152" Received: from c-642de155.25-1-64736c10.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se (HELO coolsville.localdomain) ([85.225.45.100]) by ipb1.telenor.se with ESMTP; 20 Oct 2010 08:09:34 +0200 Received: from [172.20.199.2] (gaffa [172.20.199.2]) by coolsville.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19C7E7FA05A; Wed, 20 Oct 2010 08:09:34 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4CBE87B7.5000605@swipnet.se> Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 08:09:59 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jan_Dj=E4rv?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.9) Gecko/20100922 Thunderbird/3.1.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rob Browning Subject: Re: bug#7249: GConf errors when emacs is launched as root via "su" References: <87vd4xpm6b.fsf@raven.defaultvalue.org> In-Reply-To: <87vd4xpm6b.fsf@raven.defaultvalue.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 7249-done Cc: Vincent Lefevre , 7249-done@debbugs.gnu.org, 595036@bugs.debian.org, 595036-forwarded@bugs.debian.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) 2010-10-20 05:39, Rob Browning skrev: > > Launching an emacs built with gconf support as root via "su" (not "su > -"), produces this error: > > # emacs --version > GNU Emacs 23.2.1 > Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > GNU Emacs comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. > You may redistribute copies of Emacs > under the terms of the GNU General Public License. > For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING. > > # emacs -Q > GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; some possible > causes are that you need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you > have stale NFS locks due to a system crash. See > http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed > to get connection to session: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes > include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus > security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the > network connection was broken.) > > Is this the expected behavior? > I think it is. It is a GConf limitation/bug. su followed by for example gedit or gnome-help gives the same error. A bug report to GConf might be in order. Jan D. From unknown Thu Aug 21 12:10:31 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:24:04 +0000 User-Agent: Fakemail v42.6.9 # This is a fake control message. # # The action: # bug archived. thanks # This fakemail brought to you by your local debbugs # administrator