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Just got a new Ubuntu 11.10 install working. Updated my software and rebooted, but now when I try to log in, I'm greeted with the following error:

could not connect to session bus: //bin/dbus-launch terminated abnormally without any error message

Any ideas?

Thanks.

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That's a very weird file path //bin/dbus-launch - that should've been /usr/bin/dbus-launch. Does the system hang there or does it allow you to go further?

Have you tried searching for that path in your home? This will go through your files/documents in home and echo the filename that contains "dbus-launch":

grep -ri dbus-launch /home/myusername

Also try creating a new user.

  • Press CTRL+ALT+F1 - this will get you in the console. Login with your credentials.

  • Execute:

     sudo adduser mynewuser
 sudo adduser mynewuser admin

    It will ask for a password twice, type it in. You can leave the rest of the fields empty (full name etc.), just press enter. The second command will add you as administrator.

  • Now restart your lightdm (desktop manager): sudo service lightdm restart

If the new user works, then it's definitely a problem in your home folder (probably hidden folder settings, press ctrl+H in nautilus to show hidden files/folders).

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I have also this error because I change text in file .profile

So get to Ubuntu I use tips from: http://www.89geek.com/2012/01/fix-ubuntu-could-not-connect-to-bus.html

good luck!

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I received this error when I modified the /etc/environment file and changed the PATH variable.

I went to this to solve the problem.

On the login screen Press CTRL+ALT+F1, then type in your regular name and password.

If you get something like "/bin is unavailable" because it's not included the PATH environment then you need to go to you /etc/environment file and see if it looks like this

PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games"

I had extra lines because I was trying to add java to the path

If you type in

export PATH=/usr/bin:/bin

you will be able to us the ls command but that will only be for this login session

I edited that file with the pico editor

sudo pico /etc/environment

saved it, logged out and the pressed CTRL+ALT+F7 to get back to the graphic log in and was able to log in.

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