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SoleSoul

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From: Israel

Registered: 2009-06-29

Posts: 319

[WORKAROUND] meld errors out when run as root with dbus error

Hi.
I want to use meld for merging pacnew files. It works as a regular user but as root it errors out with the following message:

(meld:19778): GConf-WARNING **: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon:
Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/meld", line 138, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/meld", line 129, in main
    from meld.meldapp import app
  File "/usr/lib/meld/meld/meldapp.py", line 199, in <module>
    app = MeldApp()
  File "/usr/lib/meld/meld/meldapp.py", line 113, in __init__
    self.prefs = preferences.MeldPreferences()
  File "/usr/lib/meld/meld/preferences.py", line 265, in __init__
    super(MeldPreferences, self).__init__("/apps/meld", self.defaults)
  File "/usr/lib/meld/meld/util/prefs.py", line 93, in __init__
    self._gconf.add_dir(rootkey, gconf.CLIENT_PRELOAD_NONE)
glib.GError: No D-BUS daemon running

I think that dbus is running. Executing

systemctl start dbus

does not help.
Any clue what can help?

EDIT: I use standalone openbox and slim.

Last edited by SoleSoul (2013-02-10 12:12:09)

swordfish

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Registered: 2012-01-14

Posts: 160

Re: [WORKAROUND] meld errors out when run as root with dbus error

What does

$ systemctl status dbus.service

say?

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SoleSoul

Member

From: Israel

Registered: 2009-06-29

Posts: 319

Re: [WORKAROUND] meld errors out when run as root with dbus error

The output of

$ systemctl status dbus.service

is:

dbus.service - D-Bus System Message Bus
	  Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/dbus.service; static)
	  Active: active (running) since Sun 2013-02-10 12:33:10 IST; 1h 35min ago
	Main PID: 194 (dbus-daemon)
	  CGroup: name=systemd:/system/dbus.service
		  └─194 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system --address=systemd: --nofork --nopidfile --systemd-...

Feb 10 12:33:10 fort systemd[1]: Started D-Bus System Message Bus.
Feb 10 12:33:52 fort dbus-daemon[194]: dbus[194]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org...ice'
Feb 10 12:33:52 fort dbus[194]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.Poli...vice'
Feb 10 12:33:53 fort dbus-daemon[194]: dbus[194]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freed...it1'
Feb 10 12:33:53 fort dbus[194]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1'
Feb 10 12:45:11 fort dbus-daemon[194]: dbus[194]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org...ice'
Feb 10 12:45:11 fort dbus[194]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.UDis...vice'
Feb 10 12:45:11 fort dbus-daemon[194]: dbus[194]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freed...ks2'
Feb 10 12:45:11 fort dbus[194]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.UDisks2'
Feb 10 13:25:55 fort systemd[1]: Started D-Bus System Message Bus.

I found a workaround. Running

dbus-launch meld

as root does work.
I still don't know why this is needed but I can live with that.
Thanks.

Last edited by SoleSoul (2013-02-10 12:11:14)

lupylucke

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Registered: 2006-05-18

Posts: 24

Re: [WORKAROUND] meld errors out when run as root with dbus error

Same problem here (xfce4 and slim)
Funny thing is, it worked without the dbus-launch workaround last time I checked (about two monts ago).