dino99, I believe this error will also cause a 25 second delay (the default dbus timeout) when logging in. Is that what you experience?
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-session in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1736011 Title: CRITICAL: Unable to create a DBus proxy for GnomeScreensaver: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.gnome.ScreenSaver: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Process org.gnome.ScreenSaver exited with status 1 Status in gnome-session package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: That error is logged: gnome-session[895]: gnome-session-binary[895]: CRITICAL: Unable to create a DBus proxy for GnomeScreensaver: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.gnome.ScreenSaver: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Process org.gnome.ScreenSaver exited with status 1 oem@ubuntu:~$ localectl System Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 VC Keymap: n/a X11 Layout: fr X11 Model: pc105 X11 Variant: oss So, with googling help (https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=180103), i've edited /etc/locale-gen (as user) and uncommented the line: fr_FR.UTF-8 and then ran 'sudo locale-gen' and finally rebooted. But the error is still logged after reboot: either i need to set also 'VC Keymap', but how ?, or it is related to the vte version actually used (and need an upgrade) (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vte2.91/+bug/1721412) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: gnome-session 3.26.1-0ubuntu7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-18.21-generic 4.13.13 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-18-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Sun Dec 3 17:17:45 2017 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-session UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+bug/1736011/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp