I recommend that you read about the command dbus-launch [1] and its purpose.
Other than that, I am pretty sure that messing around with sudo is not the right approach and we should try to figure out why the environment is not properly initialized (systemd-logind?). Please revert your changes, start a new session and attach the log file ~/.cache/upstart/startxfce4.log to this report. [1] http://dbus.freedesktop.org/doc/dbus-launch.1.html -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1422375 Title: If the xfce session is started as a regular user, the nm-applet buttons are greyed out and cannot be used To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-session/+bug/1422375/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
