I'm seeing the same problem also when starting kate e.g via the launcher using Alt+F2.
Seems not to be a specific Kubuntu issue though - it's seems to appear in openSUSE 10.3 as well: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=361509. There is also a KDE bug for it: http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157407 ** Changed in: meta-kde4 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- KLauncher could not be reached via D-Bus, error when calling start_service_by_desktop_path: empty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/204728 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