# (firefox:28877): GConf-WARNING \*\*: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon: Address does not contain a colon

**URL:** <https://discuss.circleci.com/t/firefox-28877-gconf-warning-client-failed-to-connect-to-the-d-bus-daemon-address-does-not-contain-a-colon/17457>\
**Category:** Build Environment\
**Tags:** java, firefox, selenium\
**Created:** [October 18, 2017, 3:53am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/firefox-28877-gconf-warning-client-failed-to-connect-to-the-d-bus-daemon-address-does-not-contain-a-colon/17457 "2017-10-18T03:53:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![msilesgap](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/msilesgap/32/8952_2.png) [@msilesgap](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/msilesgap)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 3:53am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/firefox-28877-gconf-warning-client-failed-to-connect-to-the-d-bus-daemon-address-does-not-contain-a-colon/17457/1 "2017-10-18T03:53:01Z")

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I’m trying to use selenium 3 and Firefox 55, but I’m seeing a lot of lines in the output with the following messages

```auto
(firefox:28877): GConf-WARNING **: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon:
Address does not contain a colon

(firefox:28877): GConf-WARNING **: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon:
Address does not contain a colon

(firefox:28877): GConf-WARNING **: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon:
Address does not contain a colon
1508298416054	addons.productaddons	INFO	sending request to: https://aus5.mozilla.org/update/3/GMP/55.0/20170803173024/Linux_x86_64-gcc3/en-US/release/Linux%203.13.0-129-generic%20(GTK%203.10.8%2Clibpulse
(firefox:28877): GConf-WARNING **: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon:
Address does not contain a colon

(firefox:28877): GConf-WARNING **: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon:
Address does not contain a colon

(firefox:28877): GConf-WARNING **: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon:
Address does not contain a colon
%204.0.0)/default/default/update.xml

```

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**Author:** ![levlaz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/levlaz/32/36978_2.png) [@levlaz](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/levlaz)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 8:26am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/firefox-28877-gconf-warning-client-failed-to-connect-to-the-d-bus-daemon-address-does-not-contain-a-colon/17457/2 "2017-10-18T08:26:58Z")

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Do you have a link to the build that I can look at?

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**Author:** ![msilesgap](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/msilesgap/32/8952_2.png) [@msilesgap](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/msilesgap)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 12:26pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/firefox-28877-gconf-warning-client-failed-to-connect-to-the-d-bus-daemon-address-does-not-contain-a-colon/17457/3 "2017-10-18T12:26:28Z")

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Sure,

[https://circleci.com/gh/advisory/gradesfirst\_qa/3219](https://circleci.com/gh/advisory/gradesfirst_qa/3219)

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**Author:** ![msilesgap](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/msilesgap/32/8952_2.png) [@msilesgap](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/msilesgap)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/firefox-28877-gconf-warning-client-failed-to-connect-to-the-d-bus-daemon-address-does-not-contain-a-colon/17457/4 "2017-10-24T17:27:31Z")

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Hi, any update on this?

thanks

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**Author:** ![deepa2083](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb9ed0/32.png) [@deepa2083](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/deepa2083)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 10:25pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/firefox-28877-gconf-warning-client-failed-to-connect-to-the-d-bus-daemon-address-does-not-contain-a-colon/17457/5 "2018-03-29T22:25:40Z")

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did you find a soultion ? i’m hitting the same

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**Author:** ![msilesgap](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/msilesgap/32/8952_2.png) [@msilesgap](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/msilesgap)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2018, 1:18pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/firefox-28877-gconf-warning-client-failed-to-connect-to-the-d-bus-daemon-address-does-not-contain-a-colon/17457/6 "2018-04-02T13:18:29Z")

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No, I’m still having the same problem.

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**Author:** ![deepa2083](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb9ed0/32.png) [@deepa2083](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/deepa2083)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2018, 4:02pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/firefox-28877-gconf-warning-client-failed-to-connect-to-the-d-bus-daemon-address-does-not-contain-a-colon/17457/7 "2018-04-02T16:02:09Z")

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Actually I resolved it. I had to wipe the installed version of firefox and installed a old version (55.0)  
apt-get purge -y firefox  
wget [https://sourceforge.net/projects/ubuntuzilla/files/mozilla/apt/pool/main/f/firefox-mozilla-build/firefox-mozilla-build\_55.0.1-0ubuntu1\_amd64.deb](https://sourceforge.net/projects/ubuntuzilla/files/mozilla/apt/pool/main/f/firefox-mozilla-build/firefox-mozilla-build_55.0.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb)  
sudo dpkg -i firefox-mozilla-build\_55.0.1-0ubuntu1\_amd64.deb

That fixed the issue

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**Author:** ![msilesgap](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/msilesgap/32/8952_2.png) [@msilesgap](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/msilesgap)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/firefox-28877-gconf-warning-client-failed-to-connect-to-the-d-bus-daemon-address-does-not-contain-a-colon/17457/8 "2018-04-02T17:45:46Z")

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Thanks for the heads up, but I need to use the latest FF version

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/original/3X/5/1/511608acda8e85906e15909b57bd0a46c1dbe291.png) [@system](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/firefox-28877-gconf-warning-client-failed-to-connect-to-the-d-bus-daemon-address-does-not-contain-a-colon/17457/9 "2018-07-01T17:45:47Z")

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Closed on July 1, 2018, 5:45pm UTC

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