almost 2 years later still have the problem: $ (env; cat ~/.dbus/session-bus/$(cat /var/lib/dbus/machine-id)-0 )|awk -F',' '/^DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS/ {print $1}' DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-jYz33365w2 DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-Xjd2ntrMtE
two lines should be equal. dbus-x11 1.6.18-0ubuntu4.3 $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS Release: 14.04 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to dbus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1120526 Title: dbus session file contains wrong DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS Status in dbus package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS set in my environment does not equal to the same variable stored in a session file: alex@ubuntu:~$ export | sed -nr 's/.*(DBUS.*$)/\1/p';cat ~/.dbus/session-bus/*-0|grep ^DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS="unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-Bu4OYHdSFn,guid=f7abf2c2b9d6766557e8af8751165edd" DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-NbHVDbZxgk,guid=2f3019531be02ea75556ae3451165edd (only one file exist in the ~/.dbus/session-bus). In 12.04 they were the same This bug prevent dbus-send command to work if started by a cron. dbus-x11 - 1.6.4-1ubuntu4 alex@ubuntu:~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 12.10 Release: 12.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dbus/+bug/1120526/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp