[Bug 811441] Re: Unable to connect to the system bus: Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: Connection refused (oneiric)

[Henrique Sant'Anna]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 858122 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/858122

got this error after upgrading from 11.04 to 11.10 and couldn't boot up
anymore.

did what was in this post and solved the problem:

http://uksysadmin.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/upgrade-to-ubuntu-11-10
-problem-waiting-for-network-configuration-then-black-screen-solution/

    Hit Ctrl+Alt+F1 at the blank screen to get you to a non-X terminal (tty1)
    Login in with your username and password
    Change to root with: sudo -i and enter your password
    mkdir -p /run /run/lock
    rm -rf /var/run /var/lock
    ln -s /run /var
    ln -s /run/lock /var
    reboot

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Title:
  Unable to connect to the system bus: Failed to connect to socket
  /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: Connection refused (oneiric)

Status in “dbus” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  The dbus service doesn't start correctly. 
  This happens since version dbus_1.4.12-4ubuntu2_amd64.

  
  Jul 16 11:15:41 desktop kernel: [  855.230791] init: dbus main process (2079) terminated with status 1
  Jul 16 11:15:41 desktop kernel: [  855.230812] init: dbus main process ended, respawning
  Jul 16 11:15:41 desktop kernel: [  855.234366] init: Unable to connect to the system bus: Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: Connection refused
  Jul 16 11:15:41 desktop kernel: [  855.234404] init: plymouth-upstart-bridge main process (2081) terminated with status 1
  Jul 16 11:34:35 desktop kernel: [ 1988.064675] init: dbus main process (2452) terminated with status 1
  Jul 16 11:34:35 desktop kernel: [ 1988.064706] init: dbus main process ended, respawning
  Jul 16 11:34:35 desktop kernel: [ 1988.069952] init: Unable to connect to the system bus: Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: Connection refused
  Jul 16 11:34:35 desktop kernel: [ 1988.069994] init: plymouth-upstart-bridge main process (2454) terminated with status 1

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