title: linux gedit: I always get "GConf Error: failed to contact configuration server ..."
body: <p>How come I always get </p>
  
  <p>"<em>GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; some possible causes are that you need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks due to a system crash. See <a href="http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/" rel="noreferrer">http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/</a> for information. (Details -  1: Failed to get connection to session: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.)</em>"</p>
  
  <p>when I start 'gedit' from a shell from my superuser account?</p>