Solution to this is comment #8 plus we need to fix kinit: https://cgit.kde.org/kinit.git/tree/src/kdeinit/kinit.cpp#n1364
It aborts when it sees no DISPLAY envvar; which doesn't make sense, it can very well continue without. ** Also affects: kinit (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1604260 Title: ubuntu-app-launch dolphin fails [Could not start process Cannot talk to klauncher: The name org.kde.klauncher was not provided by any .service files.] To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dolphin/+bug/1604260/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs