Description of problem: network-manager-applet doesn't work without dbus-launch. At all. Still, the package doesn't run-require it and users have to install it manually if nothing else pulls it in (like in my case). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): network-manager-applet-0.9.8.1-4.git20130514.fc18.x86_64 How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install a fairly minimal desktop setup (e.g. the 'Minimal' Fedora installation option + X11 + a basic window manager and a tray). 2. Install network-manager-applet. 3. Run it. Actual results: $ nm-applet GLib-GIO-Message: Using the 'memory' GSettings backend. Your settings will not be saved or shared with other applications. ** (nm-applet:8772): WARNING **: Failed to initialize D-Bus: /bin/dbus-launch terminated abnormally without any error message (at this point the applet terminates) Expected results: The applet starts and works properly. Additional info: The error is simply about dbus-launch missing. Installing it (the dbus-x11 package) fixes the issue.
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I hit it again after installing Fedora 20.
Possibly a dupe of bug #927212?
Yes, looks like that's the same problem. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 927212 ***