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VKen

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Registered: 2014-05-21

Posts: 14

Tmux and xsession detachment, failed to commit changes to dconf

Hi guys, I just moved over from Linux Mint to Arch Linux, and am trying to set up my desktop environment in a similar fashion.

I'm currently running cinnamon desktop environment.

Following https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/tmux , I've installed tmux and am experiencing an issue.

When in gnome-terminal with tmux session started, I tried to run applications like 'nemo' and 'gitg'.
The terminal keeps printing warnings whenever I tried to do re-sizing of the UI elements e.g. split pane, window resizing. Of course, the UI resizing doesn't work too and reverts back to default, causing annoyance.

dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes to dconf: Could not connect: Connection refused

Searching the forum, I came across this topic https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=165485 which hints on corrupted dconf file. I tried the the fix without success.

After further digging, I found a comment in launchpad bug-tracker https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour … bug/975889.

I discovered that this problem was occurring because the terminal (running in screen) was no longer attached to the current Xsession. So the only issue here is that the output message could be more clear.

Using the hint above, I did a test by running the applications in plain gnome-terminal without tmux, the above warning does not appear, and all UI behaviours are as per normal.

If the xsession detachment issue is indeed the case, then I probably must have missed a config settings somewhere for tmux, gnome-terminal, bash, or other related settings.

I'm all ears for some direction where I can look into to address this issue.

Thank you.

Edit: After posting this thread, a package update and system reboot caused the issue to disappear. I can no longer reproduce the issue at the moment.

Last edited by VKen (2014-05-22 04:02:54)