Accordingly to the remote bug watch attached, it seems related to dbus. Is it working properly in your box?
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #366897 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=366897 ** Also affects: deskbar-applet (upstream) via http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=366897 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Changed in: deskbar-applet (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info -- fails to start after upgrade to feisty https://launchpad.net/bugs/75461 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs