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0009344Kali LinuxKali Package Bugpublic2025-10-09 06:302025-10-10 08:27
ReporterCasper88 Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status newResolutionopen 
Summary0009344: kali 2025.3 gnome desktop after upgrade in root file manager not open.
Description

Install sudo apt install kali-root-login gnome desktop files manager will not open.
Before upgrade no problem.

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has duplicate 0009334 closedarnaudr kali 2025.3 gnome desktop after upgrade in root file manager not open. 

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kali-bugreport

kali-bugreport

2025-10-09 15:41

reporter   ~0020867

Duplicate: 0009334
arnaudr

arnaudr

2025-10-10 07:41

manager   ~0020873

I can reproduce. I installed kali-root-login, then logged as root, and then the file manager can't open anymore.

Here are the logs:

Oct 10 03:35:57 kali dbus-daemon[4736]: [session uid=0 pid=4736 pidfd=5] Activating service name='org.gnome.Nautilus' requested by ':1.28' (uid=0 pid=4951 comm="/usr/bin/gnome-shell")
Oct 10 03:35:57 kali nautilus[5777]: Running as root is not supported. Consider running `nautilus admin:///` instead.
Oct 10 03:35:57 kali dbus-daemon[4736]: [session uid=0 pid=4736 pidfd=5] Activated service 'org.gnome.Nautilus' failed: Process org.gnome.Nautilus exited with status 95

Looks like it's unsupported. Maybe a change in GNOME/Nautilus.
arnaudr

arnaudr

2025-10-10 08:27

manager   ~0020876

This is a change that came with the latest GNOME release, cf. https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/commit/74dad718efced83dfc28a66a04fb22bd0ee955b3

Not much we can do.

Login in as root, hence running a full desktop environment as the root user, is less and less supported, generally speaking, by desktop environments.

I think it's best to stop doing that, and run as the kali user.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2025-10-09 06:30 Casper88 New Issue
2025-10-09 06:30 Casper88 File Added: Kali.jpg
2025-10-09 15:41 kali-bugreport Note Added: 0020867
2025-10-10 07:41 arnaudr Note Added: 0020873
2025-10-10 07:42 arnaudr Relationship added has duplicate 0009334
2025-10-10 08:27 arnaudr Note Added: 0020876