On 20:40 Tue 16 Oct , Liam O'Toole wrote: > On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:29:26 +0000 > John Masters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 08:13 Tue 16 Oct , Liam O'Toole wrote: > > > On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:40:07 +0000 > > > John Masters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > I've just tried to install F-spot on my desktop machine running > > > > Etch. Seemed to install OK but when I try to start it I get the > > > > following error message:- > > > > > > > > > > f-spot requires that dbus-daemon is running. Run dbus-launch to > > > start it. > > > > > > > > Thanks Liam, that did it. But why did I need to do that manually? > > > > -- > > Regards, John > > > > > > Good question. f-spot is strongly coupled to the GNOME desktop. Indeed, > it is billed as "Personal photo management application for the GNOME > desktop". In that environment, dbus-daemon would be launched by > default. Are you running it in a different environment? > Nope! Running standard Gnome desktop as installed + updates daily. This is my main machine and I deviate from the apt path as little as possible. This is the first time I have had a real problem on this machine.
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