Ubuntu
gnome-screensaver package

  1. Bug #36257
  2. Comment #1

Comment 1 for bug 36257

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Michael Bienia (geser) wrote :

(In reply to comment #0)
> $ gnome-screensaver
> ** (gnome-screensaver:21236): CRITICAL **: couldn't connect to session bus:
> Unable to determine the address of the message bus
> ** (gnome-screensaver:21236): WARNING **: failed to register with the message bus

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
installed.
(see also my bug report in malone: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/1735)