tbsm may run desktop sessions, such as dwm, without dbus support. Thus, here are 2 methods for autostarting dbus upon login: 1. Please add the following line to .xinitrc or .xsession: exec dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session dwm 2. Please add the following lines to autostart.sh (dwm has an optional patch for autostarting ~/.dwm/autostart.sh): # Start DBUS session bus: if [ -z "$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS" ]; then eval $(dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session) fi