dbus-broker errors since updated to Gnome 50

athan · 2026-04-10 08:45:31

The journal is full of these error messages after upgrading to Gnome 50.
Same happens on a clean install from scratch, again with Gnome 50.
It may just be noise as everything seems to be working but it's still annoying to have so many errors.

Any idea?

Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[738]: Activation request for 'org.freedesktop.home1' failed: The systemd unit 'dbus-org.freedesktop.home1.service' could not be found.
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'ca.desrt.dconf' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/ca.desrt.dconf.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.a11y.Bus' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.a11y.Bus.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.bluez.obex' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.bluez.obex.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.flatpak.Authenticator.Oci' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.flatpak.Authenticator.Oci.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.freedesktop.ColorHelper' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.ColorHelper.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.freedesktop.FileManager1' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.FileManager1.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.freedesktop.Flatpak' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Flatpak.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.freedesktop.IBus' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.IBus.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.freedesktop.LocalSearch3.Control' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.LocalSearch3.Control.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.freedesktop.LocalSearch3.Writeback' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.LocalSearch3.Writeback.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.freedesktop.LocalSearch3' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.LocalSearch3.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.freedesktop.MalcontentControl' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.MalcontentControl.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Files.Control' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Files.Control.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Files' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Files.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Writeback' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Writeback.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.freedesktop.impl.portal.PermissionStore' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.PermissionStore.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Secret' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Secret.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.freedesktop.impl.portal.desktop.gnome' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.desktop.gnome.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.freedesktop.impl.portal.desktop.gtk' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.desktop.gtk.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.freedesktop.import1' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.import1.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.freedesktop.machine1' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.machine1.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.freedesktop.portable1' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.portable1.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.freedesktop.portal.Documents' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.portal.Documents.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.freedesktop.portal.Flatpak' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.portal.Flatpak.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.freedesktop.portal.IBus' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.portal.IBus.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.freedesktop.portal.Tracker' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.portal.Tracker.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.freedesktop.secrets' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.secrets.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.freedesktop.systemd1' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.systemd1.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.BrowserConnector' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.BrowserConnector.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.Calculator.SearchProvider' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Calculator.SearchProvider.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.Calendar' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Calendar.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.Characters' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Characters.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.Connections' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Connections.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.Console' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Console.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.Contacts.SearchProvider' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Contacts.SearchProvider.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.Contacts' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Contacts.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.Decibels' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Decibels.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.DiskUtility' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.DiskUtility.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.Extensions' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Extensions.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.Identity' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Identity.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.Logs' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Logs.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.Loupe' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Loupe.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.Maps' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Maps.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.Music' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Music.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.Nautilus' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Nautilus.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.NautilusPreviewer' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.NautilusPreviewer.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.OnlineAccounts' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.OnlineAccounts.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.Rygel1' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Rygel1.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.ScreenSaver' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.ScreenSaver.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.Settings.GlobalShortcutsProvider' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Settings.GlobalShortcutsProvider.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.Settings.SearchProvider' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Settings.SearchProvider.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.Settings' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Settings.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.Shell.CalendarServer' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Shell.CalendarServer.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.Shell.Extensions' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.Shell.HotplugSniffer' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Shell.HotplugSniffer.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.Shell.Notifications' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Shell.Notifications.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.Shell.PortalHelper' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Shell.PortalHelper.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.Shell.Screencast' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Shell.Screencast.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.Showtime' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Showtime.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.Snapshot' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Snapshot.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.SystemMonitor' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.SystemMonitor.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.TextEditor' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.TextEditor.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.Tour' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Tour.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.Weather.BackgroundService' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Weather.BackgroundService.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.Weather' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Weather.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.baobab' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.baobab.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.clocks' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.clocks.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.evince.Daemon' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.evince.Daemon.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.AddressBook10' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.AddressBook10.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.Calendar8' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.Calendar8.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.Sources5' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.Sources5.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.UserPrompter0' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.UserPrompter0.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.font-viewer' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.font-viewer.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.keyring.PrivatePrompter' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.keyring.PrivatePrompter.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.keyring.SystemPrompter' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.keyring.SystemPrompter.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.keyring' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.keyring.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gnome.tweaks' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gnome.tweaks.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gtk.GLib.PACRunner' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gtk.GLib.PACRunner.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gtk.vfs.AfcVolumeMonitor' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gtk.vfs.AfcVolumeMonitor.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gtk.vfs.Daemon' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gtk.vfs.Daemon.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gtk.vfs.GPhoto2VolumeMonitor' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gtk.vfs.GPhoto2VolumeMonitor.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gtk.vfs.GoaVolumeMonitor' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gtk.vfs.GoaVolumeMonitor.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gtk.vfs.MTPVolumeMonitor' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gtk.vfs.MTPVolumeMonitor.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gtk.vfs.Metadata' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gtk.vfs.Metadata.service'
Apr 10 10:55:57 lap dbus-broker-launch[858]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.gtk.vfs.UDisks2VolumeMonitor' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.gtk.vfs.UDisks2VolumeMonitor.service'

seth · 2026-04-10 15:31:08

Is noise, no harm.

grep -ri clocks /usr/share/dbus-1/services

alosarjos · 2026-04-14 17:26:39

Happening to me too :S

athan · 2026-04-16 08:07:34

alosarjos wrote:

Happening to me too :S

As Seth rightly pointed out earlier, it seems to be just noise since everything else appears to be working fine.
However, if the system log fills up with "noise" that shows up as critical errors, then what's the point of the journal itself as a source of information?
Rhetorical question, though...

Last edited by athan (2026-04-16 08:08:47)

seth · 2026-04-16 12:49:10

Did you check which files cause the collision (for the color example, there's probably a pattern)?

2carders · 2026-04-21 23:42:00

This is happening to me as well.
All 91 files in my `/usr/share/dbus-1/services` are causing "Ignoring duplicate name ..." journal errors.

seth · Yesterday 05:54:21

Is this happening early during the boot (unconditionally) or when starting GDM or when logging into gnome?
(In doubt post a journal)

2carders · Yesterday 11:57:15

4月 22 07:57:17 galileo systemd[938]: Reached target Basic System.
4月 22 07:57:17 galileo systemd[938]: Reached target Main User Target.
4月 22 07:57:17 galileo systemd[938]: Startup finished in 175ms.
4月 22 07:57:17 galileo systemd[1]: Started User Manager for UID 60578.
4月 22 07:57:17 galileo systemd[1]: Started Session 1 of User gdm-greeter.
4月 22 07:57:17 galileo systemd[938]: Created slice User Core Session Slice.
4月 22 07:57:17 galileo systemd[938]: Starting D-Bus User Message Bus...
4月 22 07:57:17 galileo dbus-broker-launch[953]: Ignoring duplicate name 'ca.desrt.dconf-editor' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/ca.desrt.dconf-editor.service'
4月 22 07:57:17 galileo dbus-broker-launch[953]: Ignoring duplicate name 'ca.desrt.dconf' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/ca.desrt.dconf.service'
4月 22 07:57:17 galileo dbus-broker-launch[953]: Ignoring duplicate name 'im.dino.Dino' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/im.dino.Dino.service'
4月 22 07:57:17 galileo dbus-broker-launch[953]: Ignoring duplicate name 'org.a11y.Bus' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/org.a11y.Bus.service'

seth · Yesterday 12:26:25

There's also this weird thing going on, https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 1#p2295431
Do you have bogus dbus services in /etc ?

athan · Yesterday 12:38:49

FYI this happens even after a clean installation from scratch with no other user dbus services in /etc

2carders · Yesterday 13:02:08

$ LANG= ls /etc/dbus-1
ls: cannot access '/etc/dbus-1': No such file or directory

$ LANG= pacman -Qo /etc/dconf/profile/gdm
error: No package owns /etc/dconf/profile/gdm

$ cat /etc/dconf/profile/gdm
user-db:user
system-db:gdm
file-db:/usr/share/gdm/greeter-dconf-defaults

seth · Yesterday 13:18:03

/etc/dconf/profile/gdm would be less relevant, but apparently this here isn't driven by services in /etc/dbus-1
Still, from the *excerpt* in #8 (impossible to say how useful that is)

4月 22 07:57:17 galileo systemd[1]: Started User Manager for UID 60578.
4月 22 07:57:17 galileo systemd[1]: Started Session 1 of User gdm-greeter.
4月 22 07:57:17 galileo systemd[938]: Created slice User Core Session Slice.
4月 22 07:57:17 galileo systemd[938]: Starting D-Bus User Message Bus...
4月 22 07:57:17 galileo dbus-broker-launch[953]: Ignoring duplicate name 'ca.desrt.dconf-editor' in service file '/usr/share//dbus-1/services/ca.desrt.dconf-editor.service'

the errors *seem* to come from the GDM session?
Do you get any of those when no using GDM?

2carders · Today 09:12:37

No.
I switched to SDDM, and no such errors.

Arch Linux

#1 2026-04-10 08:45:31

dbus-broker errors since updated to Gnome 50

#2 2026-04-10 15:31:08

Re: dbus-broker errors since updated to Gnome 50

#3 2026-04-14 17:26:39

Re: dbus-broker errors since updated to Gnome 50

#4 2026-04-16 08:07:34

Re: dbus-broker errors since updated to Gnome 50

#5 2026-04-16 12:49:10

Re: dbus-broker errors since updated to Gnome 50

#6 2026-04-21 23:42:00

Re: dbus-broker errors since updated to Gnome 50

#7 Yesterday 05:54:21

Re: dbus-broker errors since updated to Gnome 50

#8 Yesterday 11:57:15

Re: dbus-broker errors since updated to Gnome 50

#9 Yesterday 12:26:25

Re: dbus-broker errors since updated to Gnome 50

#10 Yesterday 12:38:49

Re: dbus-broker errors since updated to Gnome 50

#11 Yesterday 13:02:08

Re: dbus-broker errors since updated to Gnome 50

#12 Yesterday 13:18:03

Re: dbus-broker errors since updated to Gnome 50

#13 Today 09:12:37

Re: dbus-broker errors since updated to Gnome 50

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