"[14.04] KDE Login Error "Could not start dbus. Can you call qdbus?"

[Kaj Haulrich]

On 04/09/2014 12:42 PM, O. Sinclair wrote:
> On 09/04/2014 12:29, Kaj Haulrich wrote:
>> On 04/09/2014 11:24 AM, Glenn Holmer wrote:
>>> On 04/08/2014 08:46 PM, Bernard Gray wrote:
>>>> Me again - the dist-upgrade on my 14.04 machine today yielded a
>>>> complete KDE Desktop failure. After I login (KDM) it drops me to a
>>>> wallpaper screen with a basic xorg window displaying:
>>>>
>>>>   "Could not start dbus. Can you call qdbus?"
>>>>
>>>> ...and an [okay] button.
>>>> The okay button does nothing when you click it, and my desktop is
>>>> unusable -
>>>
>>> Is there a fix for this? None of the suggestions I've heard work. If I
>>> can't fix it, I'm looking at a re-install from the latest daily. In the
>>> meantime, I'm afraid to update the rest of my machines...
>>
>> As a workaround:
>>
>> 1. <Ctrl><Alt><F1> and log in
>> 2. 'sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop'
>> 3. When finished: 'sudo shutdown -r now'
>> 4. In the greeter: choose xubuntu-session and log in
>> 5. Enjoy. All your applications are there - and then some.
>>
>> HTH
>> Kaj Haulrich.
> that is great - if you have network... unfortunately I only have
> wireless and have not managed to cli hack my way to a login. I started
> all over (again) from base installation
>
> Honestly, this must be one of the worst bugs and on what is a Release
> Candidate to top

Agreed. You could have started your network thusly (in tty1 - 
<Ctrl><Alt><F1>):
'sudo service networking restart'
and then: 'sudo apt-get update' and 'sudo apt-get upgrade'
because the bug seems to be fixed by now.

Kaj Haulrich.
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