Root terminal login problem

["yoyotweak" <yoyotweak@comcast.net>]

Hi,

I'm having a problem loging into the root terminal.

I get the following error:

Failed to run /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator as user root:
Failed to communicate with gksu-run-helper.

Received:
configuration error - unknown item 'QUOTAS_ENAB' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'NOLOGIN_STR' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'ENV_HZ' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'PASS_
While expecting:
gksu: waiting