unity crashed with GError in reset_unity_compiz_profile(): Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Command line `dbus-launch --autolaunch=b94352bae98f219e6fc7f9744c374741 --binary-syntax --close-stderr' exited with non-zero exit status 1: Autolaunch error: X11 initialization failed.\n)

[Walter Garcia-Fontes]

Binary package hint: unity

I got this error right after restarting and logging into Unity

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: unity 3.8.8-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,compiztoolbox,imgpng,vpswitch,annotate,grid,gnomecompat,snap,move,mousepoll,unitymtgrabhandles,regex,place,resize,session,wall,animation,expo,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,fade,scale,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
DRM.card0.DP.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.DP.2:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.HDMI.A.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.HDMI.A.2:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.eDP.1:
 status: connected
 enabled: enabled
 dpms: On
 modes: 1440x900 1440x900
 edid-base64: AP///////wAGr0dBAAAAAAETAQSVHhN4AonllFdUkyciUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBlCWgPlGEDDBAIDMAL70QAAAaDRmgPlGEDDBAIDMAL70QAAAaAAAA/gBEVjVKMYBCMTQxUFc0AAAAAAAAQSEeAAAAAAkBCiAgANU=
Date: Tue Apr 12 18:17:17 2011
DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-04-01 08:14:12.970529
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/unity
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:040a]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427.1)
InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427.1)
InstallationMedia__: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427.1)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E6410
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/unity --reset
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/tcsh
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=UUID=fa99ae24-989c-400c-83e8-103ab0a28c85 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
ProcVersionSignature__: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/unity', '--reset']
Renderer: Unknown
SourcePackage: unity
Title: unity crashed with GError in reset_unity_compiz_profile(): Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Command line `dbus-launch --autolaunch=b94352bae98f219e6fc7f9744c374741 --binary-syntax --close-stderr' exited with non-zero exit status 1: Autolaunch error: X11 initialization failed.\n)
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-01 (14 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare video
dmi.bios.date: 05/28/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A03
dmi.board.name: 0667CC
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 9
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA03:bd05/28/2010:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE6410:pvr0001:rvnDellInc.:rn0667CC:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Latitude E6410
dmi.product.version: 0001
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110411-0ubuntu2
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu12
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.2-0ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.2-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu7
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu7

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Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #753528, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.