Bug#827639: gnome-settings-daemon: wrong owner of /run/user/1000/dconf/user causes X to freeze

[Michael Biebl]

Am 19.06.2016 um 01:11 schrieb Andreas Krueger:
> Package: gnome-settings-daemon
> Version: 3.14.2-3
> Severity: critical
> Justification: breaks the whole system
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> [I am not sure against which package to file this bug report (/var/log/messages
> says 'gnome-settings-daemon' has problems, or perhaps 'gnome-session'? Or
> 'dconf' - but which exact dconf package?). If you have ideas what might be
> really causing this crazy freeze, please re-assign this bug report to the
> appropriate package(s). Sorry & thx for your work then, I am a newb. Thank you
> very much.]

The problem is that you are using su to start a X/GNOME application as
root. su does not clear the environment, so XDG_RUNTIME_DIR points to
your users path, and the application running with root privileges
changes the permissions.

Please stop using su (without -l) or running X apps as root.




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