Error when I try to run Emulationstation on ubuntu 18.04 desktop

[ZigmannMedia]

dbus[23756]: arguments to dbus_message_new_method_call() were incorrect, assertion "path != NULL" failed in file ../../../dbus/dbus-message.c line 1362.
This is normally a bug in some application using the D-Bus library.

D-Bus not built with -rdynamic so unable to print a backtrace
Aborted (core dumped)

now I seen on one site to install python so I installed that and got same error so reinstalled retro pie basic install again and getting same message I run from the terminal command emulationstation I also tried clicking the retro pie icon get same error I'm a little lacking in the Ubuntu haven't used it in a while but wanted to build a gaming PC the system I'm using is a
Intel® Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz × 2 with Intel® 915G x86/MMX/SSE2 graphics and 2.0 GiB memory thanks in advance for your help

[mitu]

This doesn't look like an EmulationStation error, though maybe some library used by it can access dbus (libvlc, sdl ?).

What desktop environment are you using ? Any reason to use such an old distribution, now out of support ?

[ZigmannMedia]

@mitu desktop environment is ubuntu desktop 18.04 the computer can't run 64 bit its an old one I tried to get it to upgrade to the newest it crashes so had to stay at older ver

[ZigmannMedia]

@ZigmannMedia

wanted to show you how it happens

[mitu]

You can try - as a workaround - to run it with DBUS_FATAL_WARNINGS=0:

DBUS_FATAL_WARNINGS=0  emulationstation

My advice would be use use the current Debian 12 bullseye to run RetroPie, it still supports i386 systems.

[ZigmannMedia]

@mitu said in Error when I try to run Emulationstation on ubuntu 18.04 desktop:

DBUS_FATAL_WARNINGS=0 emulationstation

that worked thanks