Bug#732209: I tried the workaround in message #15 and got this...

[Daryl King]

(I haven't chimed-in here at bugs.debian before but I would like to help
out with this bug)
I tried workaround in message #15 and then made sure my echo
$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR variable was correctly set to /run/user/1000. I then
proceeded to open my editing programmes with gksu.
"gksu nautilus" resulted in this log:
Jun 20 00:34:12 debiandog dbus[608]: [system] Activating via systemd:
service name='org.freedesktop.hostname1'
unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.hostname1.service'
Jun 20 00:34:12 debiandog dbus[608]: [system] Successfully activated
service 'org.freedesktop.hostname1'

"gksu gedit" resulted in this log:
Jun 20 00:36:05 debiandog gnome-session[1699]: Window manager warning:
Buggy client sent a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW message with a timestamp of 0 for
0x2600f6a (Unsaved Do)

sometimes followed by a block of 5 or 6 repetitive messages :
Jun 20 00:13:11 debiandog org.gnome.Terminal[1743]:
(gnome-terminal-server:3027): dconf-CRITICAL **: unable to create file
'/run/user/1000/dconf/user': Permission denied.  dconf will not work
properly.
Jun 20 00:13:11 debiandog org.gnome.Terminal[1743]:
(gnome-terminal-server:3027): dconf-CRITICAL **: unable to create file
'/run/user/1000/dconf/user': Permission denied.  dconf will not work
properly.
Jun 20 00:13:11 debiandog org.gnome.Terminal[1743]:
(gnome-terminal-server:3027): dconf-CRITICAL **: unable to create file
'/run/user/1000/dconf/user': Permission denied.  dconf will not work
properly.
Jun 20 00:13:11 debiandog org.gnome.Terminal[1743]:
(gnome-terminal-server:3027): dconf-CRITICAL **: unable to create file
'/run/user/1000/dconf/user': Permission denied.  dconf will not work
properly.
Jun 20 00:13:11 debiandog org.gnome.Terminal[1743]:
(gnome-terminal-server:3027): dconf-CRITICAL **: unable to create file
'/run/user/1000/dconf/user': Permission denied.  dconf will not work
properly.

(of course these are the problematic messages that, before I used the
workaround, ran out of control and filled the syslog and resulted in a
locked-up gnome.

I hope this helps towards a fix..
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