From a8f697a762713ecab0e7a48ece6944642ec0b21f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2017 04:31:48 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Linux: Fix calibre failing to start on systems with no DBUS
 session bus

---
 src/calibre/gui2/notify.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/notify.py b/src/calibre/gui2/notify.py
index d44ee957ba..67efef565a 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/notify.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/notify.py
@@ -167,7 +167,12 @@ class AppleNotifier(Notifier):
 def get_notifier(systray=None):
     ans = None
     if islinux:
-        ans = get_dbus_notifier()
+        try:
+            ans = get_dbus_notifier()
+        except Exception:
+            import traceback
+            traceback.print_exc()
+            ans = None
     elif isosx:
         if get_osx_version() >= (10, 8, 0):
             ans = AppleNotifier()