First, let me thank everyone across the web that has been posting information about this bug. It gave me a serious headache for a couple days until I finally figured out a fix that worked. Here is what I did to permanently alleviate the problem: Delete (or comment) the messagebus line from /etc/group. Delete (or comment) the messagebus line from /etc/passwd. Reinstall the dbus package: sudo apt-get install --reinstall dbus Reboot
/etc/passwd should have a something similar to: messagebus:x:105:105::/var/run/dbus:/bin/false and /etc/group should have something similar to: messagebus:x:105: The main idea is that the user/group id need to be the same and cannot exist as the same number for another group/user. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/consolekit/+bug/475503 for another discussion about this bug. -- fails to run lib/dbus-1.0/dbus-daemon-launch-helper https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/295405 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
