Re: [gpm] Issues with latest dbus

[Richard Hughes <hughsient gmail com>]

On Fri, 2006-03-03 at 12:54 +0100, Sjoerd Simons wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 07:55:22PM +0000, Richard Hughes wrote:
> > Guys,
> > 
> > A few of you may be having problems with g-p-m events and HAL (i.e.
> > where g-p-m ignores any change in HAL). The problem has been traced to
> > the update of dbus from 0.60 to 0.61, and downgrading seems to have
> > fixed the issues of at least one person.
> > 
> > Kudos to Sjoerd for finding the "solution", so if you are having
> > problems on a recent update, then please downgrade dbus to 0.60 and tell
> > me if that fixes the problem.
> > 
> > This problem *may* be debian specific, we're not sure yet.
> 
> Finally tracked it down (had to learn some new stuff about dbus). In dbus <=
> 0.60 dbus struct weren't really typed from dbus-glib's pov. In dbus >= 0.61
> they are, so when defining a signal you need to be more precise then before.

Ohh, right. Nice one for finding this out!

> Attached patch will fixes this issue, unfortunately when upgrading from dbus 
> 0.60 to dbus 0.61 you'll need to recompile g-p-m.. But that's life with
> unstable api's i guess :)

Do you want to commit this or do you want me to?

Richard.