dpkg --configure -a 2>&1 | less
Setting up dbus (1.4.0-0ubuntu1.1) ...
Failed to open connection to "system" message bus: Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing dbus (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gconf2-common:
 gconf2-common depends on dbus; however:
  Package dbus is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gconf2-common (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-control-center:
 gnome-control-center depends on gconf2-common (>= 2.23.2-0ubuntu3); however:
  Package gconf2-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-control-center (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of udisks:
 udisks depends on dbus; however:
  Package dbus is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing udisks (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of consolekit:
 consolekit depends on dbus (>= 1.1.2); however:
  Package dbus is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing consolekit (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnomevfs2-0:
 libgnomevfs2-0 depends on dbus (>= 0.90); however:
  Package dbus is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgnomevfs2-0 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of dbus-x11:
 dbus-x11 depends on dbus; however:
  Package dbus is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing dbus-x11 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of evolution:
 evolution depends on dbus; however:
  Package dbus is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing evolution (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gconf2:
 gconf2 depends on gconf2-common (>= 2.31); however:
  Package gconf2-common is not configured yet.
 gconf2 depends on gconf2-common (<< 2.32); however:
  Package gconf2-common is not configured yet.
 gconf2 depends on dbus-x11; however:

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dpkg: too many errors, stopping
Errors were encountered while processing:
 dbus
 gconf2-common
 gnome-control-center
 udisks
 consolekit
 libgnomevfs2-0
 dbus-x11
 evolution
 gconf2
 libgnome2-0
 compiz-gnome
 pulseaudio
 gnome-session-bin
 libgnomevfs2-0-dbg
 policykit-1
 upower
 pulseaudio-module-bluetooth
 gconf-defaults-service
 gnome-power-manager
 libbonoboui2-0
 python-gnome2
 kdelibs5-plugins
 libgnome2-dbg
 pulseaudio-module-x11
 gnome-settings-daemon
 capplets-data
 gnome-panel
 libgnomeui-0
 pulseaudio-module-gconf
 libgconf2-4
 gvfs-backends
 libecal1.2-7
 libgnomevfs2-common
 libebook1.2-9
 evolution-data-server
 gnome-keyring
 libpanel-applet2-0
 compiz-fusion-plugins-extra
 compiz-plugins
 nautilus-data
 kdebase-runtime
 libedataserver1.2-13
 evolution-data-server-dbg
 policykit-1-gnome
 metacity-common
 libgnome2-common
 libgdu0
 evolution-dbg
 gnome-session
 libgtkhtml-editor0
 libedataserverui1.2-8
Processing was halted because there were too many errors.