-bash-3.2# time python ds_test.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "ds_test.py", line 7, in _bus = dbus.SessionBus() File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/dbus/_dbus.py", line 218, in __new__ mainloop=mainloop) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/dbus/_dbus.py", line 107, in __new__ bus = BusConnection.__new__(subclass, bus_type, mainloop=mainloop) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 121, in __new__ bus = cls._new_for_bus(address_or_type, mainloop=mainloop) dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ExecFailed: dbus-launch failed to autolaunch D-Bus session: Autolaunch error: X11 initialization failed. real 0m0.326s user 0m0.270s sys 0m0.050s