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I've got Trisquel 7 GNU/Linux distro, with GNOME 3.8.4.

I'm finding impossible to create a folder in Nautilus, or drag and drop files into the Desktop, out of other options. I find this quite strange, as I'm used to work with only-root live USBs, and I still don't understand the user system n Linux. Whenever I try to perform any action, Nautilus won't react; here I have some code I've tried...

REGULAR ENTRY: $ NAUTILUS

xvlaze@linux0:~$ nautilus

** (nautilus:4627): WARNING **: Couldn't register with accessibility bus: 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.

SUDO NAUTILUS

[Same message]

SU

root@linux0:/home/xvlaze# nautilus Unable to initialize DBus connection: Connection is closed (nautilus:4672): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: g_dbus_interface_skeleton_export: assertion 'G_IS_DBUS_CONNECTION (connection)' failed Error creating proxy: Connection is closed (g-io-error-quark, 18) Error creating proxy: Connection is closed (g-io-error-quark, 18) Error creating proxy: Connection is closed (g-io-error-quark, 18) Error creating proxy: Connection is closed (g-io-error-quark, 18)

(nautilus:4672): libunity-CRITICAL **: unity-launcher.vala:154: Unable to connect to session bus: Connection is closed

(nautilus:4672): libunity-CRITICAL **: unity-launcher.vala:154: Unable to connect to session bus: Connection is closed

(nautilus:4672): dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes to dconf: Connection is closed

(nautilus:4672): dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes to dconf: Connection is closed No DBus connection available

I have never experienced something similar before, even when using other people's Linux computers. Does anybody have experienced something like this?

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  • Try removing the ./local folder, bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1190731#p1190731 Feb 12, 2016 at 7:00
  • @MariusMatutiae After that, ./local reappears, and terminal returns me this message if I try to sudo nautilus: xvlaze@linux0:~$ sudo nautilus [sudo] password for xvlaze: (nautilus:1833): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to register client: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files
    – xvlaze
    Feb 12, 2016 at 9:37
  • Pls read my Edit. Feb 12, 2016 at 16:17
  • @MariusMatutiae Worked following this commands: sudo apt-get purge nautilus sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install nemo [ENTER NEMO. Desktop will fix by itself. EXIT NEMO] sudo apt-get purge nemo sudo apt-get install nautilus sudo apt-get update But now I can't access my Trash folder! When I want to open it, as root or not, it will return 'Operation not supported'. Strange thing...
    – xvlaze
    Feb 12, 2016 at 22:28
  • UPDATE: This is crazy. After some time, my desktop icons disappeared again and I can't create any folder. What's more, gksudo nor gksu exist in my command line and xhosts doesn't seem to exist too. Finally, gpasswd won't recognize the dbus group. This is starting to be desperating.
    – xvlaze
    Feb 12, 2016 at 22:35

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This sounds like a problem with your current installation of Nautilus, as if it had been corrupted somewhere during an upgrade or a re-install.

I would try re-installing Nautilus from scratch:

killall nautilus
apt-get purge nautilus 
apt-get update 
apt-get install nautilus

EDIT:

The problem is that root has neither an Xscreen session, nor a dbus connection. Different distros deal with this differently, for instance on my Kubuntu your command above works out of the box. The standard solution in these cases is to use gksu instead of sudo, because gksudo has been designed to address exactly these two problems.

Alternatively, you may enable root access to your screen (xhosts +) and add root to the dbus group,

 gpasswd -a root dbus

Should this not be enough, you will have to look into polkit for Gnome, something however which I have never done, and on which I cannot offer any guidance.

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  • That seems to be the solution, I will try it later. I don't understand what could produce this error. In order to add some info, I'll say that I firstly installed Trisquel from text, and then I instated Gnome via sudo apt-get install gnome . Thanks for your response, I'll let you know about the result asap.
    – xvlaze
    Feb 12, 2016 at 12:19
  • Unfortunately, it's not working. after following your indications, typing sudo nautilus will result in: (nautilus:2736): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to register client: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files `
    – xvlaze
    Feb 12, 2016 at 13:56

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