Failed to connect to the bus

[nikolatzotchev]

Description

after updating my machine one day, obsidian stopped working, tried uninstalling and installing again, but nothing seems to make it start

Obsidian Version

flatpak info md.obsidian.Obsidian

Obsidian - Markdown-based knowledge base

          ID: md.obsidian.Obsidian
         Ref: app/md.obsidian.Obsidian/x86_64/stable
        Arch: x86_64
      Branch: stable
     Version: 1.7.7
     License: LicenseRef-proprietary=https://obsidian.md/eula
      Origin: flathub
  Collection: org.flathub.Stable
Installation: system
   Installed: 641.5 MB
     Runtime: org.freedesktop.Platform/x86_64/24.08
         Sdk: org.freedesktop.Sdk/x86_64/24.08

      Commit: f693cddc4da6ed40842d9df5f882701d95e94b917f13ba023ba33cc211de0d67
      Parent: 83c8bca2e26ed6725930dc0fc99b484fd01c42c76ae546c75ed3db6bdcf38259
     Subject: Update pandoc module (59ff6b68)
        Date: 2024-12-08 06:40:54 +0000

Sandbox Permissions

flatpak info md.obsidian.Obsidian --show-permissions
[Context]
shared=network;ipc;
sockets=x11;pulseaudio;ssh-auth;
devices=dri;
filesystems=home;/media;xdg-run/gnupg:ro;/mnt;/run/media;~/.local/share/fonts:ro;xdg-run/app/com.discordapp.Discord:create;
persistent=~/.ssh;

[Environment]
SSH_ASKPASS=/app/libexec/openssh/ssh-askpass
OBSIDIAN_ENABLE_AUTOSCROLL=0
PATH=/usr/bin:/app/bin:/app/texlive/bin:/app/texlive/bin/x86_64-linux:/app/texlive/bin/aarch64-linux
OBSIDIAN_DISABLE_GPU=1
GH_PATH=gh
OBSIDIAN_CLEAN_CACHE=1
DISABLE_WAYLAND=1
XCURSOR_PATH=/run/host/user-share/icons:/run/host/share/icons:~/.icons

Hardware Information

lspci -nn | grep -E 'VGA|Display'
2b:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation TU116 [GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER] [10de:21c4] (rev a1)

System Information

glxinfo -B
name of display: :0
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
Extended renderer info (GLX_MESA_query_renderer):
    Vendor: Mesa (0x10de)
    Device: NV168 (0x21c4)
    Version: 24.1.7
    Accelerated: yes
    Video memory: 6117MB
    Unified memory: no
    Preferred profile: core (0x1)
    Max core profile version: 4.3
    Max compat profile version: 4.3
    Max GLES1 profile version: 1.1
    Max GLES[23] profile version: 3.2
Memory info (GL_ATI_meminfo):
    VBO free memory - total: 4894 MB, largest block: 4894 MB
    VBO free aux. memory - total: 1677721 MB, largest block: 1677721 MB
    Texture free memory - total: 4894 MB, largest block: 4894 MB
    Texture free aux. memory - total: 1677721 MB, largest block: 1677721 MB
    Renderbuffer free memory - total: 4894 MB, largest block: 4894 MB
    Renderbuffer free aux. memory - total: 1677721 MB, largest block: 1677721 MB
Memory info (GL_NVX_gpu_memory_info):
    Dedicated video memory: 6117 MB
    Total available memory: 6117 MB
    Currently available dedicated video memory: 4894 MB
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa
OpenGL renderer string: NV168
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.3 (Core Profile) Mesa 24.1.7
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.30
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile

OpenGL version string: 4.3 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 24.1.7
OpenGL shading language version string: 4.30
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL profile mask: compatibility profile

OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.2 Mesa 24.1.7
OpenGL ES profile shading la

Logs

`flatpak run md.obsidian.Obsidian`
Debug: Will run Obsidian with the following arguments: --disable-gpu
Debug: Additionally, user gave:
[13:1214/113540.625173:ERROR:bus.cc(407)] Failed to connect to the bus: Failed to connect to socket /run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory
2024-12-14 10:35:40 Loading main app package /app/resources/obsidian.asar
[13:1214/113540.778485:ERROR:bus.cc(407)] Failed to connect to the bus: Failed to connect to socket /run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory
[13:1214/113540.778527:ERROR:bus.cc(407)] Failed to connect to the bus: Failed to connect to socket /run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory
2024-12-14 10:35:40 Checking for update using Github


if I do `flatpak override --user --reset md.obsidian.Obsidian`


flatpak run md.obsidian.Obsidian
Debug: Will run Obsidian with the following arguments:
Debug: Additionally, user gave:
[13:1214/113614.588860:ERROR:bus.cc(407)] Failed to connect to the bus: Failed to connect to socket /run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory
2024-12-14 10:36:14 Loading main app package /app/resources/obsidian.asar
[13:1214/113614.819190:ERROR:bus.cc(407)] Failed to connect to the bus: Failed to connect to socket /run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory
[13:1214/113614.819230:ERROR:bus.cc(407)] Failed to connect to the bus: Failed to connect to socket /run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory
2024-12-14 10:36:14 Checking for update using Githubflatpak run md.obsidian.Obsidian
Debug: Will run Obsidian with the following arguments:
Debug: Additionally, user gave:
[13:1214/113614.588860:ERROR:bus.cc(407)] Failed to connect to the bus: Failed to connect to socket /run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory
2024-12-14 10:36:14 Loading main app package /app/resources/obsidian.asar
[13:1214/113614.819190:ERROR:bus.cc(407)] Failed to connect to the bus: Failed to connect to socket /run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory
[13:1214/113614.819230:ERROR:bus.cc(407)] Failed to connect to the bus: Failed to connect to socket /run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory
2024-12-14 10:36:14 Checking for update using Github

[joshua-stone]

@nikolatzotchev The failure to connect to the system bus is expected behavior.

Please share more information about your distro, your desktop environment / window manager, what key packages are installed, etc.

Also, try using other builds:

https://obsidian.md/download