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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: dbus (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  Problems when running gconf-based applications on a remote desktop

Status in “dbus” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “gconf” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “xauth” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: gconf

  I am SSHing ("ssh -X ...") to a Maverick machine from a Lucid machine.
  In the terminal I start X applications (thunderbird, OpenOffice.org)
  which are running on the Maverick machine and whose windows are
  displaying on the desktop of the Lucid machine.

  There I have several problems with GConf.

  When I start Thunderbird, I get a pop-up window telling "An error
  occured while loading or saving configuration information for
  thunderbird-bin.". Clicking on "Details" says"Failed to contact
  configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or
  misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See
  http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information.(Details -  1: Failed
  to get connection to session: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-
  pQzGHgatiO: Connection refused)". This message repeats several times
  with different names of the temporary file. Thunderbird takes very
  long to start and the window is grayed for a longer time. Also during
  the Thunderbird session the window grays very often and freezes,
  especially it grays half a minute on the download of every single
  newsgroup message. All this does not happen when starting Thunderbird
  locally on the desktop of the Maverick box.

  When starting ooffice in the SSH terminal, it shows the splash screen
  and then gives the message "Failed to contact configuration server;
  the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus
  daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information.(Details
  -  1: Failed to get connection to session: Failed to connect to socket
  /tmp/dbus-pQzGHgatiO: Connection refused)" (same message as in
  Thunderbird) repeatedly in an infinite loop and the main window never
  appears. OpenOffice.org works correctly when started on the local
  desktop.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  Package: libgconf2-4 2.31.6-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-11.16-generic 2.6.35-rc5
  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-11-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Jul 28 19:21:41 2010
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: gconf

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