dbus-launch does not working without X session. I try compile dbus with X use flag, and with -X use flag. With X: # dbus-monitor Failed to open connection to session message bus: dbus-launch failed to autolaunch D-Bus session: Autolaunch error: X11 initialization failed. With -X: # dbus-monitor Failed to open connection to session message bus: dbus-launch failed to autolaunch D-Bus session: Autolaunch requested, but X11 support not compiled in. Cannot continue. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Need PC without X 2. /etc/init.d/dbus start 2. Run dbus-monitor dbus make info: D-Bus 1.2.1 ============== prefix: /usr exec_prefix: ${prefix} libdir: /usr/lib libexecdir: /usr/libexec bindir: /usr/bin sysconfdir: /etc localstatedir: /var datadir: /usr/share source code location: . compiler: i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc cflags: -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -O2 -march=pentium3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -rdynamic -Wall -Wchar-subscripts -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wnested-externs -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wsign-compare -Wdeclaration-after-statement -fno-common cppflags: cxxflags: -O2 -march=pentium3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -rdynamic 64-bit int: long long 32-bit int: int 16-bit int: short Doxygen: no xmlto: no Maintainer mode: no gcc coverage profiling: no Building unit tests: no Building verbose mode: no Building assertions: no Building checks: yes Building SELinux support: no Building inotify support: yes Building dnotify support: no Building kqueue support: no Building X11 code: no Building Doxygen docs: no Building XML docs: no Building cache support: yes Gettext libs (empty OK): Using XML parser: expat Init scripts style: none Abstract socket names: yes System bus socket: /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket System bus address: unix:path=/var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket System bus PID file: /var/run/dbus.pid Session bus socket dir: /tmp Console auth dir: /var/run/console/ Console owner file: no Console owner file path: System bus user: messagebus Session bus services dir: /usr/share/dbus-1/services 'make check' socket dir: /storage/volume_0/portage/trash/portage/sys-apps/dbus-1.2.1/temp emerge --info: gate dbus-1 # emerge --info Portage 2.1.4.4 (default/linux/x86/2008.0/server, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.24-gentoo-r8.Sheridan.home.gate i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.24-gentoo-r8.Sheridan.home.gate i686 Celeron (Coppermine) Timestamp of tree: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:03:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 3.2_p33 dev-lang/python: 2.3.5-r3, 2.4.4-r13 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61-r2 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.26 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.23-r3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /etc/apache2 /etc/apache2/modules.d /etc/bind /etc/conf.d /etc/courier/authlib /etc/php /etc/squid /usr/libexec/munin/plugins /var/bind" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/var/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" LANG="ru_RU.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--sort-common -Wl,--enable-new-dtags" PKGDIR="/var/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/storage/volume_0/portage/trash" PORTDIR="/var/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage/local /usr/local/portage/linux-community" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="apache2 bash-completion bashlogger berkdb bzip2 clamav cli cracklib crypt dba dri exif firebird fortran gd gdbm gif glibc-omitfp gpm graphviz iconv inifile isdnlog javascript jpeg jpeg2k lm_sensors midi mime mmx mng mudflap mysql ncurses nls nptl nptlonly openmp pam pcre perl php pic png postgres pppd python readline reflection reiserfs samba sasl session slang snmp spl sse ssl syslog tcpd threads tidy truetype unicode urandom vhosts x86 xml xorg zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic auth_digest authn_anon authn_dbd authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock dbd deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers ident imagemap include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation proxy proxy_ajp proxy_balancer proxy_connect proxy_http rewrite setenvif so speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" APACHE2_MPMS="worker" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev glint i810 mach64 mga neomagic nv r128 radeon savage sis tdfx trident vesa vga via vmware voodoo" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
Autolaunch requires X11, if you want it without X, then you will need to launch a session bus by yourself - dbus-launch application-that-uses-session-bus or dbus-monitor --system to monitor the system rather than session. Could you better describe what you are needing and could find a possible work around for why you are having this?
Thank you, Sorry for concern
