Dbus-launch fails - how do I get around this problem

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I also cannot copy and paste or mount virtualbox shared files to leap 16.

I have search all over for an answer - I have been debugging issues in leap 16 and isolated it to the following:

dbus-launch is missing dbus-daemon or dbus-x11 is missing according to various other flavors of linux.

it shows dbus-launch is missing in my virtualbox machine - ubuntu says fix is dbus-x11 - I have no idea. you can prove it yourself - change mate-terminal to your terminal (xterm for example)

from command line

/usr/bin/dbus-launch /usr/bin/mate-terminal -t Htop -x /usr/bin/htop

in C program

system(“/usr/bin/dbus-launch /usr/bin/mate-terminal -t Htop -x /usr/bin/htop 2>/dev/null &”);

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Install Guest Additions.

All exists here.

Show your execution output (errors).

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LEAP16:~ # /usr/bin/dbus-launch /usr/bin/mate-terminal --geometry 164x24 -t Htop -x /usr/bin/htop
Failed to execute message bus daemon /usr/bin/dbus-daemon: No such file or directory.  Will try again without full path.
Failed to execute message bus daemon: No such file or directory
EOF in dbus-launch reading address from bus daemon
LEAP16:~ # 
LEAP16:~ # /usr/bin/dbus-launch /usr/bin/xterm -x /usr/bin/top
Failed to execute message bus daemon /usr/bin/dbus-daemon: No such file or directory.  Will try again without full path.
Failed to execute message bus daemon: No such file or directory
EOF in dbus-launch reading address from bus daemon
LEAP16:~ #

in your copy of leap 16 just enter this and you get the error I get

/usr/bin/dbus-launch /usr/bin/xterm -x /usr/bin/top

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@larryr why are you running as root user?

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Really ?!?! When you find the error, please let us know where it is :slight_smile:
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Might be interesting to note … “-x” is not a valid argument, though maybe for an odd version of xterm. When I execute it, it fails with invalid argument.

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Correct. If you look closely at my screenshot, I excluded “-x” because it’s invalid

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I reinstall Leap16 beta
no kde
no gnome

zypper in patterns-mate-mate

and it still has the problem

Also I noticed that the MATE desktop installed with a bunch of qt5 rpms.

I though that there was no qt5 in Leap16 beta - or am I thinking Tumbleweed.

I bet if I install gnome desktop at install, it will work.

Opening bugzilla on MATE in 16 Beta

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I installed patterns-gnome-gnome and it now works
I wonder if xwayland was missing.

I saw that install