With Ubuntu 9.04 all of a sudden you cannot start the root terminal from the Gnome menu any more. To fix this, use this command in your application starter:<br>
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<span class=span_content_bash>gksu /some/where/root_terminal.sh</span><br>
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and put this into root_terminal.sh:<br>
<div class=div_content_code>#!/bin/bash

if [ "$EUID" = "0" ] ; then
 eval `dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session`
 /usr/lib/libgconf2-4/gconfd-2&
fi

exec /usr/bin/gnome-terminal $*
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