Getting dbind-WARNING's about registering with the accessibility bus When I run X apps from the command-line (e.g. leafpad; most apps), I receive the following warning on the console: ... dbind-WARNING **: ... Couldn't register with accessibility bus: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken. (line broken to fit the column width.) Why am I getting this message and what can I do about it? The apps issuing it seem to be working fine. This appears on Ubuntu 18.04 and Devuan 3.0 Beowulf (~= Debian Buster)

Put this:


export NO_AT_BRIDGE=1


someplace where it gets run, e.g. in `/etc/environment` or your `~/.bashrc` / `~/.bash_profile`.

This workaround is suggested in this wiki page (in German) or here (in English), but I don't really understand why it's needed or what it really does, so caveat emptor.