Tom Horsley <horsley1953@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Thu, 4 Nov 2010 20:07:02 +0100 > Michael Schwendt wrote: > >> > http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?p=1409936 >> >> Cannot confirm that. Running Emacs as root after logging into GNOME as an >> ordinary user also works for me. > > Works for me as well, but if I start emacs from a root xterm, I do > see lots of errors spewed on stderr, however none of them seem to > prevent emacs from working. # emacs ** GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2270:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL) Fatal error (6)Aborted (core dumped) Hmm. A plain "emacs<cr>" run under an su-to-root bash shell seems to fail for me too. Running "emacs -nw" works fine. At first glance it looks like something in the X11 initialization is screwing up. -wolfgang -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines