troubleshooting dbus startup

[Charlie Kravetz]

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On Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:42:41 -0400
"Thomas A. Moulton" <tom at moulton.us> wrote:

> I have an old eMachines T1120:
> 
> CPU: Intel Celeron Processor 1.20GHz (w/256KB)
> Operating System: Genuine Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
> Chipset: Intel 810e chipset
> Memory: 512MB SDRAM (PC133)
> Hard Drive: 40GB HDD
> Optical Drive: Built-in 16x Max. CD-RW Drive; 3.5″ 1.44MB FDD
> Video: Intel Direct AGP 3D (810e shared)
> Sound: AC ’97 Audio
> Modem: 56K ITU v.92-ready Fax/Modem
> Peripherals: Keyboard, Mouse, Stereo Speakers
> Ports/Other: 3 USB ports (1 on front), 1 Serial, 1 Parallel, 2 PS/2, 
> Audio In & Out; 1 Midi/Game on front, Mic-In & Head Phone jack on front
> 
> tom at w2vy:~$ lspci
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82810E DC-133 GMCH [Graphics 
> Memory Controller Hub] (rev 03)
> 00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82810E DC-133 CGC 
> [Chipset Graphics Controller] (rev 03)
> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801AA PCI Bridge (rev 02)
> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801AA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
> 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801AA IDE (rev 02)
> 00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801AA USB (rev 02)
> 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801AA SMBus (rev 02)
> 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801AA AC'97 
> Audio (rev 02)
> 01:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8185 
> IEEE 802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 20)
> 01:0d.0 Ethernet controller: ADMtek NC100 Network Everywhere Fast 
> Ethernet 10/100 (rev 11)
> 01:0e.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 
> 9200 PRO] (rev 01)
> 01:0e.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] 
> (Secondary) (rev 01)
> tom at w2vy:~$
> 
> I am now running with the ATI card removed (01:0e.*) to make the system 
> simpler, I get the same problem with it too.
> 
> What can I do and where should I look to get clues as to why dbus is not 
> starting?
> 
> Tom
> 

Here is a starting point:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingDBus

User support is better in the ubuntu-users mailing list, though.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users


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