Comment 41 for bug 49594

it seems i have the same problem. but i still don't know how to work around it after browsing through all the comments, which are too technical for me. e.g., what exactly does the following "Bonobo has mechanisms for allowing its activated objects inherit specific environment variables from the launching process, rather than b-a-s." mean?

or the fix outlined in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-applets/+bug/211604/comments: "Edit: /usr/lib/bonobo/servers/GNOME_Panel_TrashApplet.server

Add this inside the <oaf_server location="/usr/lib/bla/trashapplet"> element
(NOT the one with the location="OAFIID:bla")

    <oaf_attribute name="bonobo:environment" type="stringv">
        <item value="DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS"/>
    </oaf_attribute>"

what exactly should i do to solve the problem?

thanks!