Bug 175568

Summary:	kde apps should find a way to start even with no dbus session server
Product:	[Unmaintained] kdelibs	Reporter:	Ivo Anjo <ivo>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdelibs bugs <kdelibs-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	4.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Ivo Anjo 2008-11-19 12:49:20 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.1.3)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs

Today I was trying to start dolphin as another user on my pc and I got the now usual:
<unknown program name>(17812)/: KUniqueApplication: Cannot find the D-Bus session server

<unknown program name>(17811)/: KUniqueApplication: Pipe closed unexpectedly.

(This also happens when I do things like ssh -X)

In kde 4 most apps depend one way or another on dbus running, so I was thinking: is it possible for apps to spawn a dbus server when needed, like they did with dcop? Is there another way around this?

I know I can do export `dbus-launch` or something like that, but for new users that might not be so obvious (i.e. "what the hell is DBUS!?").

Comment 1 Ivo Anjo 2009-05-01 00:06:33 UTC

Seems to be fixed in current trunk.