import dbus import pygtk import gtk class SomeObject(dbus.Object): def __init__(self, service): dbus.Object.__init__(self, "/SomeObject", [self.HelloWorld], service) def HelloWorld(self, hello_message): print (hello_message) return ["Hello", "from example-service.py"] session_bus = dbus.SessionBus() service = dbus.Service("org.designfu.SampleService", bus=session_bus) object = SomeObject(service) gtk.main()