I had this exact problem and cured it by: sudo rm /var/lib/dbus (there were some stale files left in there from when my machine had crashed).
-- dbus pre-start fails on system start up https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/446971 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
