Questions tagged [dbus]
D-BUS is a messaging system used by applications to talk to each other.
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Can't open software-properties-gtk in Ubuntu 20.04
I can't open software-properties-gtk in Ubuntu 20.04. This the error I get:
software-properties-gtk
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", ...
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NetworkManager via D-Bus: Add a network bridge
I'm trying to use the D-Bus interface of NetworkManager to add and enable a network bridge connection. Basically I'm trying to mimic this command:
nmcli connection add type bridge ifname br0 stp no
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What happens in the OS when multimedia keys are pressed?
What commands are invoked when I press my media keys (play / pause, next, previous)?
I had a look at simulate media keys in the terminal, and my requirement is the same, except I cannot use the ...
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How to pass different argument to gdbus like unit16, uint32
By default arguments sent to gdbus are taken to be of type Int32.
I need to send arguments of mixed type like uint16, uint32 ..
How to frame the arguments for gdbus for same
Unfortunately there are ...
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How to run a script every time a song is about to be over?
My intention is to notify-send a message if an unrated song is about to come to end. I am using Rhythmbox with the MPRIS plugin and I found following scripts :
#Get position
gdbus call \
--session \
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Why Do I Have So Many Dbus Processes Running?
According to my system monitor there are 24 dbus processes running, the owner is lp. Need I be alarmed? Thanks!
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Ubuntu Touch Development: DBus connection via apparmor-template=unconfined?
I am trying to send DBus messages via Ubuntu Touch C++ application. With configuring default template (no error with unconfined) for Apparmor file my application is getting following error as reply:
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USSD fails due to Missing interface org.freedesktop.ModemManager1.Modem.Modem3gpp.Ussd in 14.04
after upgrade to 14.04 every time i use USSD i get a dbus-send error due to missing interface in the object path
/org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/Modem/0
Dose any one know how i can add this missing ...
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How to set up DBus query to get play state of VLC?
I'm experiencing this problem where VLC continues to inhibit the power management daemon even after playback has ended (even though the option in the VLC preferences is labeled "Inhibit the power ...
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fakeroot and package building
We have developed a network pub/sub communication suite. It is in use across a number of different applications and domains, most notably on our payloads aboard the International Space Station (ISS). ...
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My WD 1TB external HDD is not mounting
I am getting this error when I click on devices list:
DBus error org.gtk.Private.RemoteVolumeMonitor.Failed: An operation is already pending
and when I remove the device, it says:
Error mounting: ...
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Gksudo and DBus
I've created some disabled accounts for the sole purpose of customizing Docky in those accounts. Each account has a set of Docky Items that represents a tool set. This should give you an idea of ...
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Error during login
I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 and I'm new to Linux family. I have a problem with logging in to it. After I enter password and press enter it says:
Could not connect to session bus: //bin/dbus-launch ...
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DBus error while boot after upgrade to 11.10
After upgrading to oneiric, Ubuntu appears to be unable to start dbus correctly, which virtually renders half the system unusable. The startup error seems to happen rather early in the bootstages - ...
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dbus cannot start manually?
when i check ssh status:
sudo systemctl status sshd
it returned:
● ssh.service - OpenBSD Secure Shell server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/ssh.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
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Where should dbus session-local.conf be created?
I need to allow root user to connect to session busses of other users. What I did was add
<allow user="root"/> under <policy context="default"> and it worked like a ...
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g-dbus error on start-up. Bluetooth services not working
I am running Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS on a machine constructed by Entroware as a dedicated Linux laptop.
This morning when I started up I was greeted by a message that Bluetooth will not work - the '...
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Problems with GNOME, Dbus or Polkit in Ubuntu 20.04LTS
Bug description:
After upgraded my Ubuntu from 19.10 version to 20.04LTS, I cannot install, update or remove any software inside "Ubuntu
Software". I also realized that my credential window doesn'...
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How to correctly run graphical application in schroot with Qt and D-Bus?
I was trying to get Audex running inside 16.04 LTS schroot on the 20.04 LTS host.
The below method works normally for Gtk-based applications, I have tested it.
In current case I did the following:
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Got error dbus: Failed to determine seats of user "1000": Too many open files - why and how to fix?
I'm running Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS with all updates installed.
Currently I see strange behavior: I can't start new GTK applications and Qt ones.
For GTK-based applications I get:
$ atril file.pdf
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Dbus-daemon crash after boot
Not always, but often, I find this bug on startup, but with nothing that crashes. For now I'm ignoring it, because I repeat, it does not scratch anything on the screen, but is there a solution? ...
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18.04 upgrade dbus fail starting X server
I upgraded my desktop from 16.04.5 to 18.04.1 and find after booting that the start up freezes. In recovery, looking at the journalctl output I see
stan-desktop dbus-daemon[3424]: [session uid=0 pid=...
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What is this daemon process using so much CPU?
As per the screengrab, this is puzzling, to me at least. I haven't noticed this running before, just the past few days. This is a workstation Ubuntu 18.04 current updates as of this morning. ...
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How to get Dbus Session with root user privileges
I am using libdbus library and have written code in C language in which I am trying to fetch the screen lock and unlock events using "com.canonical.Unity.Session","IsLocked" entry. The compilation is ...
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Steam, Torchlight 2 game doesnt start
My system:
CPU: AMD FX 8320
RAM: 16 GB DDR3
MOBO: Asrock 970 pro 3
GPU: RX 580 8GB
OS: Ubuntu 17.10 / Kernel: 4.13.0-18
Graphics Driver: Mesa 17.3.0-rc4 DRM 3.18.0 LLVM 5.0.0 using padoka ppa
Before ...
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View full text of long notification bubble [duplicate]
I use npm tool of laravel called mix, to transform JS ES6 to ES5
When there is error during transformation the npm tool popups system message (Like when I connect to Wifi etc..)
Now the message is ...
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How do I get gvfs-info to output file metadata when called from cron?
I'm having a weird problem and was hoping maybe someone out there might be able to give me some insight. Kind of at a loss.
On Linux Mint using Nemo which has a tendency to crash every once in a ...
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buggy start up on repaired upgrade from 14.04 to ubuntu 16.04 LTS
I upgraded my Ubuntu 14.04 LTS to Xenial 16.04 using the software updater, but unfortunately the upgrade froze when it was installing what appeared to be some fonts.
As it was not responding for a ...
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Hundreds of "NameOwnerChanged" Dbus signals using CPU
My laptop just ran some updates, and when prompted to restart, I did.
Now my CPU is maxing out, and my battery barely lasts 20 minutes. The processes that are going crazy are:
PID USER PR NI ...
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(Gnome, libappindicator) AppIndicator disappears when indicator-application-service is started
I'm using this example: https://gist.github.com/davidboy/1045233 on Ubuntu 14.04 [Gnome Classic]. The system tray icon is shown. But it disappears when the indicator-application-service starts. After ...
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Software Center doesn't start - could not initiate dbus
Ubuntu Software Center is lost from my Ubuntu & it's not showing in launcher. When i run sudo software-center in my terminal, the output is something like this:
2016-01-29 17:46:53,262 - ...
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How to configure a systemd service that uses D-Bus?
I wrote a script that sends notifications. The script calls notify-send to do this, and notify-send requires a D-Bus environment variable to work: DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS.
When I run my script from ...
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15.04 upgrade issue upstart [closed]
ah I feel like an idiot! So I decided to upgrade my distro (like a dummy because I am hosting something for a school assignment) on an openVZ server. Now I can't get systemd working.
I get the ...
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Ubuntu-sdk Kits, mkspec and dbus errors
This is a double part issue :
When I launch the ubuntu sdk I get the following message in the General Messages pane:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/qtcreator/ubuntu/scripts/...
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Massive log file and 100% CPU usage for 'upstart'
I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 14.10, and I installed some programs like MATLAB, Chromium, Evolution and other fairly harmless stuff. However, I have run into some trouble recently.
The file /home/...
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why does DBUS violate its own DTD?
I was looking at DBUS system.conf. The XML includes a DOCTYPE statement that references the following DTD: http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/dbus/1.0/busconfig.dtd
However, when I tried ...
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nm-applet gives errors
nm-applet always gives me a hard time when connecting to wireless. I often have to restart it and make several attempts till it connects to a network. Sometimes even restarting the computer doesn't ...
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Error while connecting A2DP device, Bluetooth BlueZ Dbus Exception Ubuntu12.04LTS [closed]
I'm unable to connect a A2DP Bluetooth Speaker in Ubuntu 12.04LTS. IBM Thinkpad R52. Broadcom Integrated Bluetooth IV.
bluez packages installed and up-to-date
pulsaudio installed and up-to-date
$ ...
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how can you use pam-dbus without using gnome
I have been playing around with pam-dbus on a old slow box that is too slow for gnome/kde so I have been using ratpoision as the window manager. I was able to configure it to show a notification on ...
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How can I create an appmenu/DBusmenu using python? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to add support for the global menu to a python non-gtk, non-qt app?
I want to add support for the indicator-appmenu to an application that is not written in one of the ...
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No module named '_dbus_bindings' -16.04
I've been trying to update python. And every since I can't seem to access "Updates&Software"
I try to run software-properties-gtk this error shows:
Traceback (most recent call last):
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Syntax for sending notification hint using gdbus or python's dbus module
I'm trying to update a previous notification (which displays the screen's brightness after being changed using a progress bar) with gdbus, as notify-send does not support updating.
Previously I use ...
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Whats is user 102 which is accessing dbus-daemon
User 102 is not listed , output of cat /etc/passwd
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/bin/sh
bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/bin/sh
sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/bin/sh
sync:x:4:65534:sync:/...
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System tray icons all disappeared
I'm running Ubuntu 20.04.5. Recently all of my system tray application icons (e.g. Dropbox, Discord) disappeared, and restarting did not help. When I run Dropbox or Discord from terminal, their ...
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Ubuntu Cleaner for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS not working Only Icon Appear
I have recently installed Ubuntu cleaner following http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/12/free-space-ubuntu-cleaner-janitor-app.
The problem I am facing now is that the icon appears, but each time I ...
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apt-get upgrade fails with "adduser: The user `messagebus' already exists. Exiting."
Got this today when trying to upgrade the software on my Ubuntu 12.04 Server:
# apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, ...
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"Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.Avahi'" how to get rid of this message? [duplicate]
I disabled the avahi-daemon according to the method set out here, namely editing the /etc/init/avahi-daemon.conf file to:
start on (never
and filesystem
and started dbus)
stop on ...
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Cannot receive UPower signals
I am newbie in dbus, so please be patient with me.
I have a following code:
http://pastebin.com/8zpM7Pwb.
It is some sample I found and changed to suit my case.
General idea is to 'trap' dbus ...
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In 12.04 LTS, I get "No DBus" errors when running things as root
While attempting to run gEdit as root from a terminal window (was trying to do some tweaking on my HOSTS and FSTAB files), I get a message saying "No DBus connection available" and get booted back to ...
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DBus nested dictionary in python
I have dictionary like this
{key: {
key1: '',
key2: [{
key3: ''
}]
}}
I have tried a{sv}, but I got error:
**to message with signature a{sv}: <type 'exceptions.TypeError'>:...