When dbus init script starts I get an error: Cannot setup D_NOTIFY for '/etc/dbus-1/system.d' error 'Invalid argument'
Did you run etc-update after installing dbus? Also, could you attach the contents of the system.d directory?
I've had this since I installed this system, and I've run many etc-update since. The contents of system.d is: gnome-power-manager.conf hal.conf notification-daemon.conf
This now works OK since upgrading to dbus-0.50
bump to .50 fixed according to poster.