After initial (first) installation of banshee, the software won't start. It's throwing an exception on startup: % banshee-1 Unhandled Exception: System.Exception: Unable to open the session message bus. ---> System.ArgumentNullException: Argument cannot be null. Parameter name: address at NDesk.DBus.Bus.Open (System.String address) [0x00000] at NDesk.DBus.Bus.get_Session () [0x00000] --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at NDesk.DBus.Bus.get_Session () [0x00000] at Banshee.ServiceStack.DBusConnection.get_ApplicationInstanceAlreadyRunning () [0x00000] at Booter.Booter.Main () [0x00000] DBUS doesn't seem to be the problem, since it's running fine: freddy@hades ~ % ps auxwww | grep -i dbus 102 6436 0.0 0.0 2304 904 ? Ss 14:43 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system freddy 6714 0.0 0.0 3204 704 pts/4 R+ 14:57 0:00 grep --colour=auto -i dbus freddy 24295 0.0 0.0 3012 632 ? S 09:07 0:00 dbus-launch --autolaunch 2f27a6f4697da6495063f2f048c146ce --binary-syntax --close-stderr freddy 24299 0.0 0.0 2304 688 ? Ss 09:07 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 7 --session Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge media-sound/banshee 2. banshee-1 3. Actual Results: Unhandled Exception: System.Exception: Unable to open the session message bus. ---> System.ArgumentNullException: Argument cannot be null. Parameter name: address at NDesk.DBus.Bus.Open (System.String address) [0x00000] at NDesk.DBus.Bus.get_Session () [0x00000] --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at NDesk.DBus.Bus.get_Session () [0x00000] at Banshee.ServiceStack.DBusConnection.get_ApplicationInstanceAlreadyRunning () [0x00000] at Booter.Booter.Main () [0x00000] Additionally, there seems to be an option to disable dbus: banshee-1 --debug --help-debug [...] --disable-dbus Disable DBus support completely But this doesn't work: freddy@hades ~ % banshee-1 --debug --disable-dbus ** Running Mono with --debug ** Unhandled Exception: System.Exception: Unable to open the session message bus. ---> System.ArgumentNullException: Argument cannot be null. Parameter name: address at NDesk.DBus.Bus.Open (System.String address) [0x00042] in /var/tmp/portage/dev-dotnet/dbus-sharp-0.6.1a/work/ndesk-dbus-0.6.1a/src/Bus.cs:87 at NDesk.DBus.Bus.get_Session () [0x0002d] in /var/tmp/portage/dev-dotnet/dbus-sharp-0.6.1a/work/ndesk-dbus-0.6.1a/src/Bus.cs:41 --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at NDesk.DBus.Bus.get_Session () [0x00042] in /var/tmp/portage/dev-dotnet/dbus-sharp-0.6.1a/work/ndesk-dbus-0.6.1a/src/Bus.cs:43 at Banshee.ServiceStack.DBusConnection.get_ApplicationInstanceAlreadyRunning () [0x00000] in /var/tmp/portage/media-sound/banshee-1.4.3/work/banshee-1-1.4.3/src/Core/Banshee.Services/Banshee.Base/RateLimiter.cs:1 at Booter.Booter.Main () [0x0000b] in /var/tmp/portage/media-sound/banshee-1.4.3/work/banshee-1-1.4.3/src/Clients/Booter/Booter/Entry.cs:80 freddy@hades ~ % Expected Results: It should have started :) freddy@hades ~ % equery list banshee dbus * Searching for banshee ... * Searching for dbus... * installed packages: [I--] [ ] media-sound/banshee-1.4.3 (0) [I--] [ ~] sys-apps/dbus-1.2.12 (0) AFAIK, there was a similar problem some weeks ago regarding cairo. Perhaps this helps...
Please choose "Ebuilds" or "Applications" if you don't know who this package belongs to. Thanks
Try 1.4.3-r1 or 1.5.0 and report back if one of them fixes your issue.
I just tried to test this, but it seems that the ebuild is buggy: hades ~ # emerge -av banshee These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild U ] media-sound/banshee-1.5.0 [1.4.3] USE="aac encode flac mad vorbis -boo -daap -doc -ipod -karma% -mtp -podcast -test" 2,298 kB Total: 1 package (1 upgrade), Size of downloads: 2,298 kB Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] >>> Verifying ebuild manifests !!! Digest verification failed: !!! /usr/portage/media-sound/banshee/banshee-1.4.3-r1.ebuild !!! Reason: Filesize does not match recorded size !!! Got: 3259 !!! Expected: 3403 (for both 1.4.3-r1 and 1.5.0 ebuilds)
The Manifest error should be fixed now. Resync and try again. What does: echo $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS output? If empty, try: dbus-launch --exit-with-session banshee -1 If that works, this is a problem with dbus.
Interesting... Just tried the hints before actually updating to the recommended versions, which this result: freddy@hades ~ % echo $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- freddy@hades ~ % dbus-launch --exit-with-session banshee-1 [Info 13:44:27.794] Running Banshee 1.4.3: [Gentoo/banshee/1.4.3 (linux-gnu, i686) @ 2009-05-18 14:35:47 CEST] [Warn 13:44:28.480] Caught an exception - No support GNOME Settings Daemon could be reached. (in `Banshee.MultimediaKeys') at Banshee.MultimediaKeys.MultimediaKeysService.Banshee.ServiceStack.IExtensionService.Initialize () [0x00000] at Banshee.ServiceStack.ServiceManager.StartExtension (Mono.Addins.TypeExtensionNode node) [0x00000] [Warn 13:44:28.480] Extension `Banshee.MultimediaKeys.MultimediaKeysService' not started: No support GNOME Settings Daemon could be reached. [Warn 13:44:28.686] Cannot connect to NetworkManager - An available, working network connection will be assumed [Warn 13:44:28.690] Caught an exception - No support GNOME Settings Daemon could be reached. (in `Banshee.MultimediaKeys') at Banshee.MultimediaKeys.MultimediaKeysService.Banshee.ServiceStack.IExtensionService.Initialize () [0x00000] at Banshee.ServiceStack.ServiceManager.StartExtension (Mono.Addins.TypeExtensionNode node) [0x00000] [Warn 13:44:28.690] Extension `Banshee.MultimediaKeys.MultimediaKeysService' not started: No support GNOME Settings Daemon could be reached. [Info 13:44:28.691] All services are started 0,777872s [Info 13:44:28.903] GNOME screensaver service not found [Info 13:44:29.035] nereid Client Started ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- freddy@hades ~ % banshee-1 Unhandled Exception: System.Exception: Unable to open the session message bus. ---> System.ArgumentNullException: Argument cannot be null. Parameter name: address at NDesk.DBus.Bus.Open (System.String address) [0x00000] at NDesk.DBus.Bus.get_Session () [0x00000] --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at NDesk.DBus.Bus.get_Session () [0x00000] at Banshee.ServiceStack.DBusConnection.get_ApplicationInstanceAlreadyRunning () [0x00000] at Booter.Booter.Main () [0x00000] freddy@hades ~ % Now, did the update to 1.5.0: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- freddy@hades ~ % banshee-1 --version Banshee 1.5.0 (1.5.0) http://banshee-project.org Copyright 2005-2009 Novell, Inc. and Contributors. freddy@hades ~ % banshee-1 Unhandled Exception: System.Exception: Unable to open the session message bus. ---> System.ArgumentNullException: Argument cannot be null. Parameter name: address at NDesk.DBus.Bus.Open (System.String address) [0x00000] at NDesk.DBus.Bus.get_Session () [0x00000] --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at NDesk.DBus.Bus.get_Session () [0x00000] at Banshee.ServiceStack.DBusConnection.get_ApplicationInstanceAlreadyRunning () [0x00000] at Booter.Booter.Main () [0x00000] freddy@hades ~ % dbus-launch --exit-with-session banshee-1 [Info 13:48:20.786] Running Banshee 1.5.0: [Gentoo/banshee/1.5.0 (linux-gnu, i686) @ 2009-06-03 13:45:57 CEST] [Warn 13:48:21.816] Error determining if ANALYZE is necessary - Sqlite error no such table: PodcastItems (in `Mono.Data.Sqlite') at Mono.Data.Sqlite.Sqlite3.Prepare (System.String strSql, Mono.Data.Sqlite.SqliteStatement previous, System.String& strRemain) [0x00000] at Mono.Data.Sqlite.SqliteCommand.BuildNextCommand () [0x00000] [Warn 13:48:22.328] Cannot connect to NetworkManager - An available, working network connection will be assumed [Warn 13:48:22.362] Caught an exception - No support GNOME Settings Daemon could be reached. (in `Banshee.MultimediaKeys') at Banshee.MultimediaKeys.MultimediaKeysService.Banshee.ServiceStack.IExtensionService.Initialize () [0x00000] at Banshee.ServiceStack.ServiceManager.StartExtension (Mono.Addins.TypeExtensionNode node) [0x00000] [Warn 13:48:22.362] Extension `Banshee.MultimediaKeys.MultimediaKeysService' not started: No support GNOME Settings Daemon could be reached. [Warn 13:48:22.433] Caught an exception - No support GNOME Settings Daemon could be reached. (in `Banshee.MultimediaKeys') at Banshee.MultimediaKeys.MultimediaKeysService.Banshee.ServiceStack.IExtensionService.Initialize () [0x00000] at Banshee.ServiceStack.ServiceManager.StartExtension (Mono.Addins.TypeExtensionNode node) [0x00000] [Warn 13:48:22.433] Extension `Banshee.MultimediaKeys.MultimediaKeysService' not started: No support GNOME Settings Daemon could be reached. [Info 13:48:22.434] All services are started 0,862536s [Info 13:48:22.675] GNOME screensaver service not found [Info 13:48:22.861] nereid Client Started ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- So it seems that you're right and the solution should be searched within dbus, but I'm still confused since
(In reply to comment #5, crapped in the middle of my sentence) > So it seems that you're right and the solution should be searched within dbus, > but I'm still confused since ... since there seem to be no problems with other dbus-based applications (net-im/pidgin for example runs fine). So, perhaps there's something wrong within the dbus implementation in banshee?
Has this been reported to upstream? And please don't touch bug severity field.
(In reply to comment #6) > ... since there seem to be no problems with other dbus-based applications > (net-im/pidgin for example runs fine). So, perhaps there's something wrong > within the dbus implementation in banshee? No, that environment variable is supposed to be set: pa@loki ~ $ echo $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-ZmjJcvNhjq,guid=5f575dc6777a8c9cf24cef9a4a01eaae If it isn't, either you're not running dbus, or the variable got cleaned out somewhere along the way. Also, it's possible for dbus to be started multiple times, with each instance running inside its own little cocoon, so you should make sure that it's the right "kind" of dbus that's running: As root: /etc/init.d/dbus status Should show "started"
(In reply to comment #8) Hmmm, then this is strange. Other dbus applications are running, but this env var is not present. freddy@hades ~ % env | grep -i dbus freddy@hades ~ % freddy@hades ~ % ps auxwww | grep -i dbus 102 6436 0.0 0.0 2432 776 ? Ss May18 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system freddy 9765 0.0 0.0 3012 696 ? S 11:07 0:00 dbus-launch --autolaunch 2f27a6f4697da6495063f2f048c146ce --binary-syntax --close-stderr freddy 9766 0.0 0.1 5440 3528 ? Ss 11:07 0:01 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 7 --session freddy@hades ~ % sudo /etc/init.d/dbus status * status: started
*shrug* I can't say what other applications need, but banshee needs this env var. Worksforme.
