Can't use sudo nautilus, tracker3 gnome error, gui is slow and glitchy

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Hi there! For some reason when I enter sudo nautilus command, nautilus window pops-up and it starts to flicker for a while then stops with console rendering the following error:

** Message: 00:41:39.361: Connecting to org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Files
libEGL warning: egl: failed to create dri2 screen
DRM kernel driver ‘nvidia-drm’ in use. NVK requires nouveau.
DRM kernel driver ‘nvidia-drm’ in use. NVK requires nouveau.

Is it somethin related to graphics card drivers? I use hardware.nvidia.package = config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidiaPackages.stable;

Nixos versions is 24.05, I use unstable channel packages. Any clues how to make nautilus work under sudo? Thanks!

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Not sure about the nvidia stuff but you should not run Nautilus or other graphical apps under root, see also the warning on top of Running GUI applications as root - ArchWiki.

If you want to access location that requires elevated privileges, you can do so through GVfs in Nautilus: press Ctrl-L and prepend the directory path with admin://.

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XD. I was doing it wrong this whole time. Thanks, it works!

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I think the flickering issue was something to do with nvidia though.
So I’ve rebuilt the system and commented out all my nvidia related settings in configuration.nix:

Nvidia Graphics drivers

services.xserver.videoDrivers = [ “nvidia” ];
#hardware.opengl.enable = true;
#hardware.opengl.driSupport = true;
#hardware.opengl.driSupport32Bit = true;
#hardware.nvidia.package = config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidiaPackages.stable;
#hardware.nvidia.modesetting.enable = true;
#hardware.nvidia.nvidiaSettings = true;

and everything works properly now… I think I had way too many options that were conflicting with each other.