RHEL6: Desktop environment cannot be started with error "Couldn't connect to system bus: The maximum number of active connections for UID 0 has been reached"
Issue
- Desktop environment cannot be started.
- The error below is logged frequently in log files under
/var/log/gdm:
(gdm-simple-slave:8610): WARNING **: Couldn't connect to system bus: The maximum number of active connections for UID 0 has been reached
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Desktop Environment
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