Re: F-spot error
On 20:40 Tue 16 Oct , Liam O'Toole wrote:
> 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?
>
Nope! Running standard Gnome desktop as installed + updates daily. This
is my main machine and I deviate from the apt path as little as
possible. This is the first time I have had a real problem on this
machine.
--
Regards, John
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