[bobby@dabox ~]$ gnome-power-preferences

** (gnome-power-preferences:7662): WARNING **: Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory

** (gnome-power-preferences:7662): WARNING **: Could not connect to DBUS daemon: Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory

** (gnome-power-preferences:7662): WARNING **: Either HAL or DBUS are not working!
[bobby@dabox ~]$