This is indeed the case. Apps run as other users cannot access your session
bus, and that is very intentional.

Do not run apps like gedit as root. It is very dangerous.


On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 12:36 PM, althaser <altha...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey folks,
>
> I am not sure if this is the right mailling list, but here it goes:
>
> if I run gedit as root I dont get those menu options like new window,
> preferences, help, about and quit.
> I only have quit option. I know it's unsafe running gedit as root.
>
> I got the following lines in terminal:
>
> (gedit:3754): dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes to dconf: The
> connection is closed
> Error creating proxy: The connection is closed (g-io-error-quark, 18)
>
> using: gedit-3.10.1
>
> any clue ?
>
>
> thanks
> Regards
> Alt
>
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  Jasper
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