Description of problem: I have a very minimal install with just enough X11 to be able to run remote X clients. Without the dbus-x11 package installed meld fails: $ meld Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/meld", line 154, in <module> main() File "/usr/bin/meld", line 140, in main already_running, dbus_app = meld.dbus_service.setup(app) File "/usr/share/meld/meld/dbus_service.py", line 54, in setup bus = dbus.SessionBus() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dbus/_dbus.py", line 211, in __new__ mainloop=mainloop) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dbus/_dbus.py", line 100, in __new__ bus = BusConnection.__new__(subclass, bus_type, mainloop=mainloop) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 122, in __new__ bus = cls._new_for_bus(address_or_type, mainloop=mainloop) dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ExecFailed: /bin/dbus-launch terminated abnormally without any error message /bin/dbus-launch is provided by dbus-x11. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): meld-1.7.0-1.fc18.noarch
It also needs to require dbus-python: grep -r "import dbus" meld-1.7.0/meld meld-1.7.0/meld/dbus_service.py:import dbus meld-1.7.0/meld/dbus_service.py:import dbus.bus meld-1.7.0/meld/dbus_service.py:import dbus.service meld-1.7.0/meld/dbus_service.py:import dbus.mainloop.glib
meld-1.7.0-6.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/meld-1.7.0-6.fc17
meld-1.7.0-6.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/meld-1.7.0-6.fc18
Package meld-1.7.0-6.fc17: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing meld-1.7.0-6.fc17' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-2755/meld-1.7.0-6.fc17 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
meld-1.7.0-6.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
meld-1.7.0-6.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.