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I have cross-compiled VLC (version 2.1.2) media player using buildroot for an arm board. I have connected the board to my linux PC using serial cable. When I try to run the player using "vlc" command in minicom, which is located in /usr/bin of my root filesystem. I get the following error:
inhibit interface error: Failed to connect to the D-Bus session daemon: /usr/bin/dbus-launch terminated abnormally with the following error: Autolaunch error: X11 initialization failed.
Can anyone please clarify what this error means and also can any one please tell me what is a dbus and why it is required for my VLC player.
Thanks for any help.
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D-Bus is first a library that provides one-to-one communication between any two applications; dbus-daemon is an application that uses this library to implement a message bus daemon. Multiple programs connect to the message bus daemon and can exchange messages with one another.
dbus-daemon defines a different bus address for every bus instance it provides. These addresses are defined in the daemon's configuration files. Two processes can use a D-Bus connection to exchange messages directly between them, but this is not the way in which D-Bus is normally intended to be used.
As with session services, the first directory listed has highest precedence. On Unix, the standard system service directories are: /usr/local/share/dbus-1/system-services: this location is specified by the D-Bus Specification, and is suitable for software installed locally by the system administrator.
DESCRIPTION. dbus-run-session is used to start a session bus instance of dbus-daemon from a shell script, and start a specified program in that session. The dbus-daemon will run for as long as the program does, after which it will terminate.
I am working on a minimal rootfs based on buildroot. This error is solved for me after I have included the package "twm" in my rootfs. Then after the board is up I run following commands on the terminal:
export DISPLAY=:0
startx &
then run vlc
vlc
This way I got rid of this error.
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