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From:	walt <w41ter@×××××.com>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	[gentoo-user] Re: gnome applications die when run as root
Date:	Sat, 19 Jun 2010 02:03:48
Message-Id:	`hvh5q7$pcb$1@dough.gmane.org`
In Reply to:	[gentoo-user] gnome applications die when run as root by Helmut Jarausch

1	On 06/18/2010 07:33 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
2	> Hi,
3	>
4	> after the recent upgrade to Gnome 2.30 libraries
5	> gconf-editor or meld die of
6	> Could not send message to GConf daemon: Process /usr/libexec/gconfd-2 received signal 6
7	> when run as root.
8	>
9	> Strangely, it works on a different machine which is thought to be
10	> identically configured.
11
12	Purely a guess, but that sounds like dbus. I'm wondering if you have
13	useflags like policykit or dbus set differently on the two machines?