[LightDM] Failed to get D-Bus connection on FreeBSD

[Robert Ancell]

Hi Kevin,

You need to run as root to register a D-Bus system service, that is the
error that is being reported.

How did you run it? It should check for root on startup.


On 27 January 2013 16:37, Kevin Zheng <kevinz5000 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> I've been trying to get LightDM working on FreeBSD, as there is no
> package for it yet. I've managed to get it compiled from source, but it
> fails to start. It displays the message, "Failed to get D-Bus connection".
>
> D-Bus is running, and LightDM starts the X server fine. Is there
> anything I need to do to get it to talk to dbus? Right now I have
> LightDM installed in my home folder; might this have something to do
> with this problem?
>
> I understand this isn't a lot of information to work with; if more
> information is needed I will be happy to provide it.
>
> Thanks,
> Kevin Zheng
>
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