diff -up gvfs-0.2.3/client/gdaemonvfs.c.dbus-exit gvfs-0.2.3/client/gdaemonvfs.c
--- gvfs-0.2.3/client/gdaemonvfs.c.dbus-exit	2008-04-18 21:29:52.000000000 -0400
+++ gvfs-0.2.3/client/gdaemonvfs.c	2008-04-18 21:29:28.000000000 -0400
@@ -298,6 +298,8 @@ g_daemon_vfs_init (GDaemonVfs *vfs)
   
   vfs->wrapped_vfs = g_vfs_get_local ();
 
+  dbus_connection_set_exit_on_disconnect (vfs->async_bus, FALSE);
+
   _g_dbus_connection_integrate_with_main (vfs->async_bus);
 
   modules = g_io_modules_load_all_in_directory (GVFS_MODULE_DIR);
diff -up gvfs-0.2.3/hal/hal-pool.c.dbus-exit gvfs-0.2.3/hal/hal-pool.c
--- gvfs-0.2.3/hal/hal-pool.c.dbus-exit	2008-04-18 21:27:36.000000000 -0400
+++ gvfs-0.2.3/hal/hal-pool.c	2008-04-18 21:28:05.000000000 -0400
@@ -308,6 +308,8 @@ hal_pool_new (char **cap_only)
       goto out;
     }
   
+  dbus_connection_set_exit_on_disconnect (dbus_connection, FALSE);
+
   hal_ctx = libhal_ctx_new ();
   if (hal_ctx == NULL)
     {