Hi,    Thanks for your quick reply,sorry for missing out on such an obvious thing and asking such a silly question ..:-)Now finally I  have the  system_bus_socket created.But now my utility (Bluez hcid daemon)complains that Connection to the system bus is refused. need I export the Bus address and the Bus PID?? Thanks again .. Regards, Geroge. <div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 4, 2008 6:54 PM, Michael Biebl <<a href="mailto:mbiebl@gmail.com">mbiebl@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> 2008/2/4, george keane <<a href="mailto:chemvell@gmail.com">chemvell@gmail.com</a>>: <div class="Ih2E3d">> #dbus-launch --config-file=/etc/dbus-1/system.conf > Failed to start message bus: Could not get UID and GID for username > "messagebus" </div>Seems like the "messagebus" system user/group is missing. Create them and try again. Cheers, Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth? </blockquote></div>