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Distribution: openSuSE Tumbleweed-KDE, Mint 21, MX-21, Manjaro
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Maybe something is missing in /etc/groups (I had the same error message but from a different program)? You might also search your logs for messages from polkit.
Distribution: openSuSE Tumbleweed-KDE, Mint 21, MX-21, Manjaro
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Well, is gdm in /etc/groups? Try to get a copy from a Gnome-using friend and compare it to your installation.
Logs are traditionally kept in /var/log/*. A good place to start are /messages and /boot, maybe any logs from your x-server. For a first overview use "grep".
Distribution: openSuSE Tumbleweed-KDE, Mint 21, MX-21, Manjaro
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No, it simply means I'm trying to help . It is not always necessary to actually use a software component to get such errors. In my example I needed gdm to start KDE on FreeBSD...
JZL240I-U is correct: dbus is an intrinsic part of the Gnome runtime.
Maybe you can get away with using "startx" only, maybe not. We don't know.
But if you're (for whatever reason) not using gdm (which is the default for a Gnome desktop), that begs the question what *else* might be missing, unconfigured or left "off".
Checking /etc/groups and comparing your system with a "known good" Gnome configuration are both good suggestions.
IMHO .. PSM
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