You don't need an actual dbus function call for this, do you? Just check if the name 'com.canonical.Unity' is owned.
** Changed in: unity Status: In Progress => Incomplete ** Changed in: unity Assignee: Michael Terry (mterry) => (unassigned) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/687958 Title: should provide an IsUnityRunning() dbus method -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs