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

[Kaj Haulrich]

On 04/09/2014 01:00 PM, O. Sinclair wrote:
> On 09/04/2014 12:51, Kaj Haulrich wrote:
>> 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.
> Thanks for the tip - will try and stowe it away somewhere for future use
>
> I am aware of taking a risk running a beta/RC but eish... this is going
> to cost me hours in reconfiguring
>
Why? - Even if you do a fresh install, just leave your /home as is 
(don't format).
Which - once again - proves the old wisdom: make a separate /home 
partition and backup, backup, backup.

Kaj Haulrich.
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