Guake: Startup error on Kubuntu 19.10.

Created on 28 Oct 2019 · 7Comments · Source: Guake/guake

Just installed Kubuntu 19.10, and guake on it (from the standard repository: apt install guake). Guake not starting. When I trying to start guake from terminal, an error occurs:

oem@Kubuntu19:~$ guake
Guake not running, starting it
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 177, in activate_name_owner
    return self.get_name_owner(bus_name)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 363, in get_name_owner
    's', (bus_name,), **keywords)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 653, in call_blocking
    message, timeout)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner: Could not get owner of name 'org.guake3.RemoteControl': no such name

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/guake/main.py", line 359, in main
    remote_object = bus.get_object(DBUS_NAME, DBUS_PATH)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 243, in get_object
    follow_name_owner_changes=follow_name_owner_changes)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 250, in __init__
    self._named_service = conn.activate_name_owner(bus_name)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 182, in activate_name_owner
    self.start_service_by_name(bus_name)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 280, in start_service_by_name
    'su', (bus_name, flags)))
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 653, in call_blocking
    message, timeout)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.guake3.RemoteControl was not provided by any .service files

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/guake", line 10, in <module>
    sys.exit(exec_main())
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/guake/main.py", line 488, in exec_main
    if not main():
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/guake/main.py", line 373, in main
    from guake.guake_app import Guake
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/guake/guake_app.py", line 72, in <module>
    from guake.notebook import NotebookManager

Guake Terminal: 3.6.3
VTE: 0.58.2
VTE runtime: 0.58.2
Gtk: 3.24.12

Source

Rivand

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Most helpful comment

@Rivand this issue is very similar to #1511 - could you try to

apt install gir1.2-wnck-3.0

and check if that will fix your problem?

Guake package in Ubuntu <= 19.10 does not correctly tag that package as dependency

robert-matusewicz on 23 Nov 2019

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All 7 comments

Look like the dbus is not registered. Maybe restart ?

gsemet on 30 Oct 2019

Look like the dbus is not registered. Maybe restart ?

What to restart?

Rivand on 31 Oct 2019

Your pc. It may register the missing channel. Or reinstall completely from pip install guake

gsemet on 31 Oct 2019

Reinstalling via pip did not help.