I have this with Lucid (10.4) Xubuntu it is a fresh install and because of the problems I was having I did a text based install.
I tried removing the 2 files in /var/lib/dbus and I was able to start dbus, but starting gdm still gives me a blank screen. Also at next reboot the dbus problem returns. System info and startup logs at http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9730098&postcount=17 System has i915.modeset=1 (old system) -- dbus pre-start fails on system start up https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/446971 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs