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Jaejae

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Registered: 2008-05-17

Posts: 80

gParted Won't Start

I have Arch working so well, so fast, that when I went back to XP, I literally couldn't use it, so slow, so unresponsive.

So, I've decided to repartition, give Arch some more space to grow.

I have used gParted before on Ubuntu, so I figured I'd use it on Arch, however, when I run it, with or without root permissions, it spits out this error.

jack ~  $  gparted
error: dbus_bus_get: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.FileNotFound: Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory

So, I looked in /var/run/dbus, and there is no system_bus_socket file, if I'm interpreting the error correctly, that's what I need.

I tried reinstalling dbus, no change, so what is /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket, and how do get/make it?

hacosta

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From: Mexico

Registered: 2006-10-22

Posts: 423

Re: gParted Won't Start

apparently you need to run the dbus daemon (/etc/rc.d/dbus start)

Edit: should i file a bug report? gparted is missing the dbus dependency

Last edited by hacosta (2008-05-27 05:10:28)

Jaejae

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Registered: 2008-05-17

Posts: 80

Re: gParted Won't Start

Ok, started the dbus daemon, now I get this, something about a HAL daemon.

jack ~  $  gparted
Could not initialise connection to hald.
Normally this means the HAL daemon (hald) is not running or not ready.

Ok, if  manually start the dbus and HAL daemons, gParted runs.

Any idea why it isn't starting them automatically?

Last edited by Jaejae (2008-05-27 05:35:45)

Allan

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From: Brisbane, AU

Registered: 2007-06-09

Posts: 11,485

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Re: gParted Won't Start

Maybe start the hal daemon too...

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bgc1954

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From: Edmonton, AB, Canada

Registered: 2006-03-14

Posts: 1,160

Re: gParted Won't Start

hacosta wrote:

Edit: should i file a bug report? gparted is missing the dbus dependency

I don't think it's missing the dependency as Jaejae wrote he initially reinstalled dbus so he already had it.  Pacman doesn't insert daemons into your /etc/rc.conf DAEMONS line automatically.  You are expected to do that yourself.  Sorry
And BTW you just need to put hal in the daemons line and it will launch dbus.

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~slice

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From: Arizona

Registered: 2007-10-31

Posts: 58

Re: gParted Won't Start

I had this same problem in kde I think If you are not using gnome you may need gnome libs. I could be totaly off though, especially if your running gnome.:D

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clickit

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From: Athens, Hellas

Registered: 2007-07-18

Posts: 93

Re: gParted Won't Start

error: dbus_bus_get: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.FileNotFound: Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory

goodmorning to all,
I have gparted installed and succesfully use for a long time now and I also have hal and dbus deamons disabled
and I didn't have problem up till now
after updating with the latest version the problem above happens
why are hal and dbus important to be loaded ??

thanks in advance
clickit

bgc1954

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From: Edmonton, AB, Canada

Registered: 2006-03-14

Posts: 1,160

Re: gParted Won't Start

Check this wiki.  Might answer some questions. http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HAL

Edit: spelling

Last edited by bgc1954 (2008-05-31 16:50:20)

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ozar

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From: USA

Registered: 2005-02-18

Posts: 1,686

Re: gParted Won't Start

If you aren't opposed to using a liveCD, you might try using the PartedMagic LiveCD:

http://www.partedmagic.com

You don't run into all these issues when running gparted straight off the liveCD, or at least I don't.

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clickit

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From: Athens, Hellas

Registered: 2007-07-18

Posts: 93

Re: gParted Won't Start

Check this wiki.  Might answer some questions. http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HAL

this page refers on how to use hal
I'm not using hal for a long time now and I don't want to use it
on the other hand I want to use gparted !!!

If you aren't opposed to using a liveCD, you might try using the PartedMagic LiveCD:
http://www.partedmagic.com
You don't run into all these issues when running gparted straight off the liveCD, or at least I don't.

thanks both but ...

Insane-Boy

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Registered: 2006-02-27

Posts: 243

Re: gParted Won't Start

Any other ideas?

iphitus

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

Posts: 4,927

Re: gParted Won't Start

Use hal. It's pretty awesome. There's no sane reason not to.