Re: F-spot error
On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:29:26 +0000
John Masters <johnmasters@oxtedonline.net> wrote:
> On 08:13 Tue 16 Oct , Liam O'Toole wrote:
> > On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:40:07 +0000
> > John Masters <johnmasters@oxtedonline.net> wrote:
> >
> > > I've just tried to install F-spot on my desktop machine running
> > > Etch. Seemed to install OK but when I try to start it I get the
> > > following error message:-
> > >
> >
> > f-spot requires that dbus-daemon is running. Run dbus-launch to
> > start it.
> >
> >
> Thanks Liam, that did it. But why did I need to do that manually?
>
> --
> Regards, John
>
>
Good question. f-spot is strongly coupled to the GNOME desktop. Indeed,
it is billed as "Personal photo management application for the GNOME
desktop". In that environment, dbus-daemon would be launched by
default. Are you running it in a different environment?
--
Liam
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