DBUS drives me crazy

Hi, what the hell is going on with dbus lately? I cannot do anything it forbids me to do anything. I cannot find any documentation, I am desperate. What should I do? I cannot use wicd, I cannot use X server, I can nothing. now even root cannot. I am tearing my hair off my head. I cannot take this any longer. HELP PLEASE

e.g.
[sdoky@sdoky-r400 ~]$ wicd-curses
Can't connect to the daemon, trying to start it automatically...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/wicd/curses/wicd-curses.py", line 1022, in <module>
setup_dbus()
File "/usr/share/wicd/curses/wicd-curses.py", line 1014, in setup_dbus
dbus_ifaces = dbusmanager.get_dbus_ifaces()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/wicd/dbusmanager.py", line 36, in get_dbus_ifaces
return DBUS_MANAGER.get_dbus_ifaces()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/wicd/dbusmanager.py", line 62, in get_dbus_ifaces
if not self._dbus_ifaces: connect_to_dbus()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/wicd/dbusmanager.py", line 48, in connect_to_dbus
return DBUS_MANAGER.connect_to_dbus()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/wicd/dbusmanager.py", line 79, in connect_to_dbus
proxy_obj = self._bus.get_object("org.wicd.daemon", '/org/wicd/daemon')
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 244, in get_object
follow_name_owner_changes=follow_name_owner_changes)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 241, in __init__
self._named_service = conn.activate_name_owner(bus_name)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 183, in activate_name_owner
self.start_service_by_name(bus_name)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 281, in start_service_by_name
'su', (bus_name, flags)))
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 622, in call_blocking
message, timeout)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.wicd.daemon was not provided by any .service files
this is the biggest error. What has happened to dbus? there were no problems, and after recent update it is literally a pain in the ass
EDIT: this assumes some window manager is running, why couldn"t I use wicd-curses just from console? I tried everything archwiki suggested, the dbus startup and the wicd aid (ck-launch-session dwm). didnt work
Last edited by sDoky (2010-04-03 19:02:44)

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