Re: DBUS Startup Question

["Joseph E. Sacco, Ph.D." <joseph_sacco comcast net>]

Peter,

If you are using 'startx', simply recreate a .xinitrc file that exec's
garnome-session.  

For example:


        #!/bin/sh
        
        PATH=/opt/garnome/2.16.0/bin:$PATH
        
        exec garnome-session


Then run 'startx'

-Joseph

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On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 20:34 +0000, Peter wrote:
> Pardon me if this is off topic, but this has been nagging me.
> When I use the recommended startup script from a terminal prompt:
> 
> #### garnome.sh startup script ####
> #!/bin/bash
> 
> GARNOME=/opt/gnome/2.16.0
> 
> PATH=$GARNOME/bin:$PATH
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$GARNOME/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> PYTHONPATH=$GARNOME/lib/python2.4/site-packages:$GARNOME/lib/python2.4/site-packages/gtk-2.0
> PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$GARNOME/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/pkgconfig
> GDK_USE_XFT=1
> XDG_DATA_DIRS=$GARNOME/share
> XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=$GARNOME/etc/xdg
> MANPATH=$GARNOME/man:$MANPATH
> DBUS_LAUNCH="$GARNOME/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session"
> 
> export PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH PYTHONPATH PKG_CONFIG_PATH \
>        GDK_USE_XFT XDG_DATA_DIRS XDG_CONFIG_DIRS MANPATH DBUS_LAUNCH
> 
> exec startx $DBUS_LAUNCH $GARNOME/bin/gnome-session
> #### end garnome.sh startup script ####
> everything works fine.
> 
> If, OTOH, I do what is offered in the DBUS documentation and do:
> 
> #### dbus startup script ####
> # set up dbus
> if [ -z "$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS"  ]; then
>         eval `dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session`
> fi
> #### end dbus startup script ####
> 
> I do this because I sometimes want to use enlightenment or other wm which
> also need DBUS_SESSION_ADDRESS. Then, I source the garnome script with the
> exec statement commented, 
> 
> $ . garnome.sh
> 
> I would be set to run gnome whenever I want by typing:
> 
> $ startx gnome-session
> 
> However, this results in an error on startup when gnome-settings-daemon is
> run. It can't connect with the message bus.
> 
> If I manually run 
> 
> $ startx $DBUS_LAUNCH gnome-session
> 
> all is fine. This is necessary for KDE to use a gnome application,
> enlightenment or anything else.
> 
> My question is WHY? What's the difference between the two methods?
> 
> -- 
> Peter
> 
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