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

[O. Sinclair]

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