couldn't connect to session bus
Bug #36257 reported by
Guillermo Pérez
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Oliver Grawert |
Bug Description
The gnome-screensaver app does not start. When I execute it by hand, I get the
following error message:
$ gnome-screensaver
** (gnome-
Unable to determine the address of the message bus
** (gnome-
I'm using Breeze 5.10, totally updated.
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(In reply to comment #0) screensaver: 21236): CRITICAL **: couldn't connect to session bus: screensaver: 21236): WARNING **: failed to register with the message bus
> $ gnome-screensaver
> ** (gnome-
> Unable to determine the address of the message bus
> ** (gnome-
Do you have dbus-1-utils installed?
I got the same error until I figured out that I also need dbus-1-utils to be /launchpad. net/distros/ ubuntu/ +bug/1735)
installed.
(see also my bug report in malone: https:/