Hey - I'm also experiencing this issue. Here is the output of the dbus- monitor command specified above (with a seemingly bad database).
** Attachment added: "aj.log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-activity-journal/+bug/831436/+attachment/2342650/+files/aj.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/831436 Title: Upon opening GNOME Activity Journal never gets past "Loading journal" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-activity-journal/+bug/831436/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs