<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437306511417_2229">System: Linux Mint 17.1 XFCE. Kernel 4.1.2. Logged in as root.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437306511417_2260">Container: ubuntu precise.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437306511417_2261">LXC version 1.1.2</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437306511417_2263"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437306511417_2264">Attach command is:</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437306511417_2309" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437306511417_2310" dir="ltr">lxc-attach --keep-env -e -n ubuntu -- thunar<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437306511417_2262"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437306511417_2265" dir="ltr">get: xfce4-panel-WARNING **: Failed to connect to the D-BUS session bus: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-oUmyjU0fIF: Connection refused</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437306511417_2350" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437306511417_2366" dir="ltr">dbus environment variables in container passed from host are:<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437306511417_2351" dir="ltr">DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-oUmyjU0fIF<br class="">DBUS_SESSION_BUS_PID=4639<br class="">DBUS_SESSION_BUS_WINDOWID=4194305<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437306511417_2352" dir="ltr"><br class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437306511417_2321" dir="ltr">Inexpicably /tmp/dbus-oUmyjU0fIF does not exist in the host but even if it did the container</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437306511417_2412" dir="ltr">would not find it in it's own /tmp folder.<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437306511417_2380" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437306511417_2322" dir="ltr">if I use:<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437306511417_2324" dir="ltr">lxc-attach --keep-env -e -n ubuntu -- dbus-launch thunar</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437306511417_2338" dir="ltr">everything is fine<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437306511417_2325" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437306511417_2426" dir="ltr">Not keen on learning the workings of dbus, just wnat to get it to work.<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437306511417_2427" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437306511417_2429" dir="ltr">Thanks in advance.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437306511417_2500" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437306511417_2501" dir="ltr">Murray<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437306511417_2502" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437306511417_2428" dir="ltr"><br></div></div></body></html>