# XFCE Power Manager not starting after fresh install

**URL:** https://dietpi.com/forum/t/xfce-power-manager-not-starting-after-fresh-install/20303
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [10 June 2024 03:09 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/xfce-power-manager-not-starting-after-fresh-install/20303 "2024-06-10T03:09:31Z")
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### Author: ![kjsanders86](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/8e8cbc/32.png) [@kjsanders86](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/kjsanders86)
#### Post date: [10 June 2024 03:09 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/xfce-power-manager-not-starting-after-fresh-install/20303/1 "2024-06-10T03:09:31Z")

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Pi3, 8g, DietPi  
added, per installation recommendation, to add XFCE Power Manager when installing LXDE desktop. after gui comes up not XFCE Power Manager to be found and when launched from terminal I get error: Unable to get connection to the message bus session / failed to execute child process “dbus-launch” (no such file or directory)

easy fix? Or might my monitor not accept commands… thx

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### Author: ![Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/joulinar/32/57_2.png) [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)
#### Post date: [10 June 2024 07:17 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/xfce-power-manager-not-starting-after-fresh-install/20303/2 "2024-06-10T07:17:57Z")

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> [@kjsanders86](#):
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> XFCE Power Manager

Just tested on my RPi3B+ without issues. I can launch it without issues

![image](https://dietpi.com/forum/uploads/default/original/2X/9/91976b86207b95726f108477129d702a96bc6b11.png)

![image](https://dietpi.com/forum/uploads/default/original/2X/9/99062d7e7a63e6aaa60b049440c283a4ed9e3def.png)

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### Author: ![Jappe](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/jappe/32/1788_2.png) [@Jappe](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Jappe)
#### Post date: [10 June 2024 08:56 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/xfce-power-manager-not-starting-after-fresh-install/20303/3 "2024-06-10T08:56:18Z")

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> [@kjsanders86](#):
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> when launched from terminal I get error: Unable to get connection to the message bus session / failed to execute child process “dbus-launch” (no such file or directory)

Is dbus service running?  
`systemctl status dbus`

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### Author: ![kjsanders86](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/8e8cbc/32.png) [@kjsanders86](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/kjsanders86)
#### Post date: [12 June 2024 01:10 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/xfce-power-manager-not-starting-after-fresh-install/20303/4 "2024-06-12T01:10:49Z")

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now running after reboot and showing in GUI. thanks for response!  
also shows running in terminal.

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### Author: ![system](https://dietpi.com/forum/uploads/default/original/1X/7e1021de2213860bce185915ce2c1786e56490ec.png) [@system](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/system)
#### Post date: [10 September 2024 01:11 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/xfce-power-manager-not-starting-after-fresh-install/20303/5 "2024-09-10T01:11:09Z")

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