I've seen this, and it appears to be due to having /etc/dbus-1/system.d /xorg-server.conf from xserver-xorg-core. After uninstalling xserver- xorg-core, things work again. Of course, if you need both xserver-xorg- core and Xvfb, then this won't work for you--you'll probably have to edit the dbus config.
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