Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: dbus

After running an upgrade on Ubuntu 10.04, I had several problems:
-Sound stopped working
-I could not access gnome-volume-manager or change the volume
-I could not start users-admin
-When starting amarok, it told me that some devices were missing and asked if I 
wanted to forget about them permanently
-Shutdown and restart buttons in Gnome only logged me out
-Shutdown and restart buttons on the login screen did nothing

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Error message when trying to run pulseaudio:
E: module-console-kit.c: GetSessionsForUnixUser() call failed: 
org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ExecFailed: Failed to execute program 
/lib/dbus-1.0/dbus-daemon-launch-helper: Success

Error message when trying to run users-admin:
There was an unknown error communicating with the backends: Failed to execute 
program /lib/dbus-1.0/dbus-daemon-launch-helper

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More info:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1719380
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/system-tools-backends/+bug/574078

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Workaround:
sudo chmod o+x /lib/dbus-1.0/dbus-daemon-launch-helper
Note: Might be dangerous.

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$  lsb_release -rd
Description:    Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS
Release:        10.04
============
$  apt-cache policy dbus
dbus:
  Instalita: 1.2.16-2ubuntu4.2
  Candidate: 1.2.16-2ubuntu4.2
  Version table:
 *** 1.2.16-2ubuntu4.2 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1.2.16-2ubuntu4.1 0
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Packages
     1.2.16-2ubuntu4 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
============
$  grep messagebus /etc/passwd
messagebus:x:102:107::/var/run/dbus:/bin/false
$  grep messagebus /etc/group
messagebus:x:106:

** Affects: dbus (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: dbus
  
  After running an upgrade on Ubuntu 10.04, I had several problems:
  -Sound stopped working
  -I could not access gnome-volume-manager or change the volume
  -I could not start users-admin
  -When starting amarok, it told me that some devices were missing and asked if 
I wanted to forget about them permanently
  -Shutdown and restart buttons in Gnome only logged me out
  -Shutdown and restart buttons on the login screen did nothing
  
  ============
  Error message when trying to run pulseaudio:
  E: module-console-kit.c: GetSessionsForUnixUser() call failed: 
org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ExecFailed: Failed to execute program 
/lib/dbus-1.0/dbus-daemon-launch-helper: Success
  
  Error message when trying to run users-admin:
  There was an unknown error communicating with the backends: Failed to execute 
program /lib/dbus-1.0/dbus-daemon-launch-helper
  
  ============
  More info:
  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1719380
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/system-tools-backends/+bug/574078
  
  ============
  Workaround:
  sudo chmod o+x /lib/dbus-1.0/dbus-daemon-launch-helper
  Note: Might be dangerous.
  
  ============
  $  lsb_release -rd
  Description:  Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS
  Release:      10.04
  ============
  $  apt-cache policy dbus
  dbus:
-   Instalita: 1.2.16-2ubuntu4.2
-   Candidate: 1.2.16-2ubuntu4.2
-   Version table:
-  *** 1.2.16-2ubuntu4.2 0
-         500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages
-         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
-      1.2.16-2ubuntu4.1 0
-         500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Packages
-      1.2.16-2ubuntu4 0
-         500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
+   Instalita: 1.2.16-2ubuntu4.2
+   Candidate: 1.2.16-2ubuntu4.2
+   Version table:
+  *** 1.2.16-2ubuntu4.2 0
+         500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages
+         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
+      1.2.16-2ubuntu4.1 0
+         500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Packages
+      1.2.16-2ubuntu4 0
+         500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
  ============
+ $  grep messagebus /etc/passwd
+ messagebus:x:102:107::/var/run/dbus:/bin/false
+ $  grep messagebus /etc/group
+ messagebus:x:106:

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  Failed to execute program /lib/dbus-1.0/dbus-daemon-launch-helper

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