how to get f-spot working in Gutsy

[Guest]

I have been using ubuntu for 6 months and recently switched to Kubuntu 7.10. All is smooth sailing except I can't get f-spot to work. I want to use it and its screensaver in Kubuntu but get this message when I try to launch f-spot from menu. It works from terminal when I type

dbus-launch f-spot

the error message from f-spot when launched from the menu is

F-spot encountered a fatal error
f-spot cannnot find the Dbus session bus. Make sure dbus is configured properly or start a new session for f-spot using "dbus-launch f-spot"

error details

An unhandled exception was thrown: F-Spot cannot find the Dbus session bus. Make sure dbus is configured properly or start a new session for f-spot using "dbus-launch f-spot"

at FSpot.Driver.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00000]
.NET Version: 2.0.50727.42

Assembly Version Information:

gdk-sharp (2.10.0.0)
gnome-vfs-sharp (2.16.0.0)
Mono.Addins (0.2.0.0)
NDesk.DBus.GLib (1.0.0.0)
NDesk.DBus (1.0.0.0)
System (2.0.0.0)
Mono.Posix (2.0.0.0)
atk-sharp (2.10.0.0)
gtk-sharp (2.10.0.0)
Mono.Addins.Setup (0.2.0.0)
glib-sharp (2.10.0.0)
gnome-sharp (2.16.0.0)
f-spot (0.4.0.0)
Mono.GetOptions (2.0.0.0)
mscorlib (2.0.0.0)

Platform Information: Linux 2.6.22-14-generic i686 unknown GNU/Linux

Distribution Information:

[/etc/debian_version]
lenny/sid

[/etc/lsb-release]
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=7.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=gutsy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 7.10"

being new to linux I don't know what a dbus is etc.
Any help would be appreciated to get f-spot and the screensaver working.
cheers

[Snowhog]

Re: how to get f-spot working in Gutsy

A "quick fix" would be to edit the application from the K Menu (right-click select Edit Item) and in the Command window type dbus-launch f-spot

[Guest]

Re: how to get f-spot working in Gutsy

Thanks that seems to fix launching from the menu, also learnt a new thing about KDE.
Still don't see the f-spot screensaver as an option in the system settings- any ideas?