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Anoniem

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GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown error

I recently updated my system and now it giving me an error:

GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.cinnamon.SettingsDaemon was not provided by any .service files

How can I easily start troubleshooting this issue?

Pacman.log:  http://pastebin.com/BRRmuWPV

I've got an IBM T520 laptop with built-in i915:

[blah@blah ~]$ lspci -v -s `lspci | awk '/VGA/{print $1}'`
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device 21cf
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 28
	Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M]
	Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
	I/O ports at 5000 [size=64]
	Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: i915
	Kernel modules: i915

[blah@blah ~]$ 

Any help would be appreciated

Last edited by Anoniem (2015-02-09 13:02:53)

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Re: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown error

Have you fixed the error in your fstab?

What does the title of the thread have to do with your issue? And what is your actual issue: you can't login? You can't login to a TTY? X doesn't start?
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Anoniem

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Re: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown error

The title of this thread is the subject of the error window .

Anyway, I have Gnome and SLiM, when I login to SLiM, I get my desktop, but (with external display) I can't
change resolution, both at 1024x..... My fonts are wrong, and I get this message:

GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.cinnamon.SettingsDaemon was not provided by any .service files

Do I need to provide more logging?

Anoniem

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Re: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown error

Visual situation (if I'm allowed to post):

http://i.imgur.com/4ULRpNc.jpg

But when I start an application like Remmina (RDP) for example my display does give a fullscreen :

http://i.imgur.com/s4238VR.jpg

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drcouzelis

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Re: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown error

I keep reading and re-reading this thread and I still have no idea what it's about.

What is the problem that you are trying to fix?

Anoniem

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Re: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown error

Haha, well:

1. I turn on laptop
2. Login into my desktop
3. My display is low resolution and external display too, fonts and theme settings are gone (gnome)
4. I want to change resolution
5. Get error message like above

Checked my logs, tried reverting packages I updated

Still the same GDBUS thing.

drcouzelis

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Re: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown error

I went to google.com and did a search for this phrase:

Failed to apply configuration: %s

and found many many many many results describing the same problem you are having, including many solutions.

alex.theoto

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Re: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown error

Haha, well:

1. I turn on laptop
2. Login into my desktop
3. My display is low resolution and external display too, fonts and theme settings are gone (gnome)
4. I want to change resolution
5. Get error message like above

Checked my logs, tried reverting packages I updated

Still the same GDBUS thing.

Maybe there is an conflict when the X starts on 2 monitors with 2 different resolutions...
It depends from your graphic card. For example, on my nvidia when X starts with both internal and external monitors plugged in, the resolution is messed up. But when you enter to your desktop, usually it reads the last resolution states and the screen resolution problem if fixed.
One solution is to plug the external monitor after desktop is loaded or create a config file for the monitors on the /etc/X11/... folder Xorg wiki

Last edited by alex.theoto (2014-12-05 17:18:11)

Anoniem

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Re: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown error

Still having issues, even when I don't plug-in my 2nd screen. Any other thoughts?

Error:

smiths_cloud

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Re: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown error

I just had a similar error when trying to swap the position of my 2 desktop monitors in Cinnamon. The message was:

gdbus.err:org.freedesktop.dbus.error.serviceunknown: the name org.cinnamon.settingsdaemon.xrandr_2 was not provided by any service files

I found Linux Mint Bug #1716690, which seemed to be related to my problem. As per that post, I simply deleted the cinnamon-settings-daemon-xrandr.desktop file in my .config/autostart directory (which had a setting X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=false in it). That fixed the problem and I was able to swap the position of my monitors.

They also mention you can simply disable and reenable "Cinnamon Settings Daemon - xrandr" through "System Settings".