On Wed, 15 Jan 2014 14:17:18 +0000, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > I get this on my desktop but not my laptop. I have tried for ages to > > find out why it only fails on the desktop and gave up. Now I just > > "chmod +x /usr/libexec/dbus-daemon-launch-helper" and it goes away, > > until the next update. > > That's interesting. Now that I look at mine, which doesn't throw those > errors, I find some unusual permissions: > > $ ls -l /usr/libexec/dbus-daemon-launch-helper > -rws--x--- 1 root messagebus 316K Dec 1 17:59 /usr/libexec/dbus-daemon- > launch-helper > > Is this the same as what doesn't work for you?
It is the same as on both the working laptop and non-working desktop? Those are the permissions set by the dbus install, but one computer objects to it. The desktop user is a member of every group that the laptop user belongs to. Yes, I know that's bad grammar and a preposition is something you should never end a sentence with. -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 38: Government organization
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