Unable to run nautilus after switching as root user.

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • Able to run nautilus as normal user in KDE session.
  • But getting following warning messages when trying to run nautilus after switching as root user :

    $ su -
    # nautilus &
    
    "Eel-WARNING **: Trying to add a callback for preferences/background_set that already exists."
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4
  • nautilus-2.16.2-7.el5.i386
  • dbus-1.1.2-12.el5.i386

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