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

[O. Sinclair]

On 09/04/2014 13:13, Kaj Haulrich wrote:
> 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.
I have a separate /home since many years. I am talking about all the 
software that I installed post base-install. My internet is not exactly 
"western world" standard