Patrick Wiseman ha scritto:
Running 'sudo gnome-terminal' (which is the equivalent) reports 'Failed to contact the GConf daemon; exiting.' How do I fix this? Is it some idiotic "security feature"? (I get really steamed when fear overrides function!) Patrick
Workaround: launch a terminal and sudo $favorite_shell (possibly with a keyboard shortcut) -------------------As for your solution not working: my *guess* is that to launch a gnome-terminal you need some per-user helper program (gconf) which cannot be run because root has no X session open - and that's a good thing(tm), beause you don't want anyone else but you to be able to create/close/modify windows or any other gui object on your screen.
But then again - it's just my guess.