Re: Having a problem in Ubuntu - sudo's windows fading to gray / appearing empty

[Lee PHP]

Also, when I `tail -f /var/log/messages` and run `sudo gedit`, I see
the following:

Jun 13 08:04:12 lee gconfd (root-32572): starting (version 2.18.0.1),
pid 32572 user 'root'
Jun 13 08:04:12 lee gconfd (root-32572): Resolved address
"xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only
configuration source at position 0
Jun 13 08:04:12 lee gconfd (root-32572): Resolved address
"xml:readwrite:/root/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at
position 1
Jun 13 08:04:12 lee gconfd (root-32572): Resolved address
"xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only
configuration source at position 2
Jun 13 08:04:12 lee gconfd (root-32572): Resolved address
"xml:readonly:/var/lib/gconf/debian.defaults" to a read-only
configuration source at position 3
Jun 13 08:04:12 lee gconfd (root-32572): Resolved address
"xml:readonly:/var/lib/gconf/defaults" to a read-only configuration
source at position 4
# THIS IS WHERE THE SCREEN FADES TO GRAY!
Jun 13 08:04:42 lee gconfd (root-32572): GConf server is not in use,
shutting down.
Jun 13 08:04:42 lee gconfd (root-32572): Exiting