Bug 348531

Summary:	app-editors/gedit-2.30.4 crash when attempt to use it from root
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	jeff <aliencowboy>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team <gnome>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	critical
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description jeff 2010-12-12 16:21:49 UTC

When search to use gedit 2.30.4 from root i receive this message:

(gedit:14253): EggSMClient-WARNING **: Failed to connect to the session manager: None of the authentication protocols specified are supported

**
GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2270:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL)
Aborted


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Login as root with su
2. Try to open some file

Comment 1 Mart Raudsepp gentoo-dev

2010-12-13 03:58:16 UTC

I think this would work if you used "su -" instead of "su", though not sure of the reasons/details here.

Comment 2 Gilles Dartiguelongue (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-12-14 13:05:09 UTC

this is a problem of environment re-initialization. You either have too much variables unset or not enough so gedit does not have a coherent environment to work with and does stupid things which makes it not work.

From the log lines, you should verify that DISPLAY, XAUTHORITY and DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS variables are set before starting gedit.

In any case, this is a configuration issue, not an application problem.