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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY dbus-download-http "https://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus/dbus-&dbus-version;.tar.gz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY dbus-download-ftp " ">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY dbus-md5sum "c3e12b4206e2a7da39d7cc42567790ef">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY dbus-size "2.0 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY dbus-buildsize "21 MB (add 8 MB for the tests)">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY dbus-time "0.2 SBU (add 0.8 SBU for the tests)">
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| 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <sect1 id="dbus" xreflabel="dbus-&dbus-version;">
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| 16 | <?dbhtml filename="dbus.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <title>dbus-&dbus-version;</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="dbus">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-D-Bus">D-Bus</primary>
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| 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 30 | <title>Introduction to D-Bus</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para revision="sysv">
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| 33 | <application>D-Bus</application> is a message bus system, a simple way
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| 34 | for applications to talk to one another.
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| 35 | <application>D-Bus</application> supplies both a system daemon (for
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| 36 | events such as <quote>new hardware device added</quote> or <quote>printer
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| 37 | queue changed</quote>) and a per-user-login-session daemon (for general
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| 38 | IPC needs among user applications). Also, the message bus is built on top
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| 39 | of a general one-to-one message passing framework, which can be used by
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| 40 | any two applications to communicate directly (without going through the
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| 41 | message bus daemon).
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| 42 | </para>
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| 43 |
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| 44 | <para revision="systemd">
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| 45 | Even though <application>D-Bus</application> was built in LFS, there are
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| 46 | some features provided by the package that other BLFS packages need, but
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| 47 | their dependencies didn't fit into LFS.
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| 48 | </para>
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| 49 |
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| 50 | &lfs82_checked;
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| 51 |
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| 52 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 53 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 54 | <listitem>
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| 55 | <para>
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| 56 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&dbus-download-http;"/>
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| 57 | </para>
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| 58 | </listitem>
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| 59 | <listitem>
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| 60 | <para>
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| 61 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&dbus-download-ftp;"/>
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| 62 | </para>
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| 63 | </listitem>
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| 64 | <listitem>
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| 65 | <para>
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| 66 | Download MD5 sum: &dbus-md5sum;
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| 67 | </para>
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| 68 | </listitem>
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| 69 | <listitem>
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| 70 | <para>
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| 71 | Download size: &dbus-size;
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| 72 | </para>
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| 73 | </listitem>
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| 74 | <listitem>
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| 75 | <para>
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| 76 | Estimated disk space required: &dbus-buildsize;
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| 77 | </para>
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| 78 | </listitem>
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| 79 | <listitem>
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| 80 | <para>
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| 81 | Estimated build time: &dbus-time;
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| 82 | </para>
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| 83 | </listitem>
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| 84 | </itemizedlist>
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| 85 |
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| 86 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">D-Bus Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 87 |
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| 88 | <!--
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| 89 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 90 | <para role="required">
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| 91 | <xref linkend="expat"/>
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| 92 | </para>
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| 93 | -->
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| 94 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4" revision="systemd">Required</bridgehead>
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| 95 | <para role="required" revision="systemd">
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| 96 | <xref linkend="systemd"/>
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| 97 | </para>
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| 98 |
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| 99 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 100 | <para role="recommended">
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| 101 | <xref linkend="xorg7-lib"/> (for <command>dbus-launch</command> program)
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| 102 | </para>
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| 103 |
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| 104 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 105 | <para role="optional">
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| 106 | For the tests:
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| 107 | <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
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| 108 | <xref linkend="dbus-python"/>,
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| 109 | <xref linkend="pygobject3"/>,
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| 110 | and <xref linkend="valgrind"/>;
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| 111 |
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| 112 | for documentation:
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| 113 | <xref linkend="doxygen"/>,
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| 114 | <xref linkend="xmlto"/>,
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| 115 | <ulink url="https://pypi.python.org/pypi/mallard-ducktype">Ducktype</ulink>,
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| 116 | and
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| 117 | <ulink url="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/yelp-tools/">Yelp Tools</ulink>
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| 118 | </para>
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| 119 |
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| 120 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 121 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/dbus"/>
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| 122 | </para>
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| 123 | </sect2>
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| 124 |
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| 125 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 126 | <title>Installation of D-Bus</title>
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| 127 |
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| 128 | <para revision="sysv">
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| 129 | If they do not already exist,
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| 130 | as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, create a
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| 131 | system user and group to handle the system message bus activity:
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| 132 | </para>
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| 133 |
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| 134 | <screen role="root" revision="sysv"><userinput>groupadd -g 18 messagebus &&
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| 135 | useradd -c "D-Bus Message Daemon User" -d /var/run/dbus \
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| 136 | -u 18 -g messagebus -s /bin/false messagebus</userinput></screen>
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| 137 |
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| 138 | <para>
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| 139 | Install <application>D-Bus</application> by running the following
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| 140 | commands (you may wish to review the output from <command>./configure
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| 141 | --help</command> first and add any desired parameters to the
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| 142 | <command>configure</command> command shown below):
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| 143 | </para>
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| 144 |
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| 145 | <screen revision="sysv"><userinput>
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| 146 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 147 | --sysconfdir=/etc \
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| 148 | --localstatedir=/var \
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| 149 | --disable-doxygen-docs \
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| 150 | --disable-xml-docs \
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| 151 | --disable-static \
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| 152 | --docdir=/usr/share/doc/dbus-&dbus-version; \
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| 153 | --with-console-auth-dir=/run/console \
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| 154 | --with-system-pid-file=/run/dbus/pid \
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| 155 | --with-system-socket=/run/dbus/system_bus_socket &&
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| 156 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 157 |
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| 158 | <screen revision="systemd"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 159 | --sysconfdir=/etc \
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| 160 | --localstatedir=/var \
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| 161 | --enable-user-session \
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| 162 | --disable-doxygen-docs \
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| 163 | --disable-xml-docs \
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| 164 | --disable-static \
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| 165 | --docdir=/usr/share/doc/dbus-&dbus-version; \
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| 166 | --with-console-auth-dir=/run/console \
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| 167 | --with-system-pid-file=/run/dbus/pid \
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| 168 | --with-system-socket=/run/dbus/system_bus_socket &&
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| 169 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 170 |
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| 171 | <para>
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| 172 | See below for test instructions.
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| 173 | </para>
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| 174 |
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| 175 | <warning revision="systemd">
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| 176 | <para>
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| 177 | Installing the package will override all files installed by
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| 178 | <application>D-Bus</application> in LFS. It is critical that
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| 179 | nothing uses <application>D-Bus</application> libraries or
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| 180 | programs during the installation. The best way to ensure that these
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| 181 | libraries are not being used is to run the installation in rescue mode.
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| 182 | To switch to rescue mode, run the following command as the
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| 183 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user (from a TTY):
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| 184 | </para>
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| 185 |
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| 186 | <screen role="root"><userinput>systemctl start rescue.target</userinput></screen>
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| 187 |
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| 188 | </warning>
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| 189 |
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| 190 | <para>
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| 191 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 192 | </para>
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| 193 |
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| 194 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 195 |
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| 196 | <para revision="systemd">
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| 197 | The shared library needs to be moved to
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| 198 | <filename class="directory">/lib</filename>, and as a result the
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| 199 | <filename class="extension">.so</filename> file in
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| 200 | <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename> will need to be
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| 201 | recreated. Run the following command as the
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| 202 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 203 | </para>
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| 204 |
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| 205 | <screen revision="systemd" role="root"><userinput>mv -v /usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.* /lib &&
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| 206 | ln -sfv ../../lib/$(readlink /usr/lib/libdbus-1.so) /usr/lib/libdbus-1.so</userinput></screen>
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| 207 |
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| 208 | <para>
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| 209 | If you are using a DESTDIR install,
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| 210 | <command>dbus-daemon-launch-helper</command> needs to be fixed
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| 211 | afterwards. Issue, as <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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| 212 | user:
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| 213 | </para>
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| 214 |
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| 215 | <screen role="root"><userinput>chown -v root:messagebus /usr/libexec/dbus-daemon-launch-helper &&
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| 216 | chmod -v 4750 /usr/libexec/dbus-daemon-launch-helper</userinput></screen>
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| 217 |
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| 218 | <para revision="sysv">
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| 219 | If you are still building your system in chroot or you did not start the
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| 220 | daemon yet, but you want to compile some packages that require
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| 221 | <application>D-Bus</application>, generate
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| 222 | <application>D-Bus</application> UUID to avoid warnings when compiling
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| 223 | some packages with the following command as the
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| 224 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 225 | </para>
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| 226 |
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| 227 | <screen role="root" revision="sysv"><userinput>dbus-uuidgen --ensure</userinput></screen>
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| 228 |
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| 229 | <para revision="systemd">
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| 230 | If not in chroot, at this point, you should reload the systemd daemon,
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| 231 | and reenter multi-user mode with the following commands (as the
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| 232 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user):
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| 233 | </para>
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| 234 |
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| 235 | <screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>systemctl daemon-reload
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| 236 | systemctl start multi-user.target</userinput></screen>
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| 237 |
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| 238 | <para>
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| 239 | The dbus tests cannot be run until after <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/> has
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| 240 | been installed. They must be run as an unprivileged user from a local
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| 241 | session with bus address. To run the standard tests issue
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| 242 | <command>make check</command>.
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| 243 | </para>
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| 244 |
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| 245 | <para>
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| 246 | If you want to run the unit regression tests, configure requires
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| 247 | additional parameters which expose additional functionality in the
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| 248 | binaries that are not intended to be used in a production build of
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| 249 | <application>D-Bus</application>. If you would like to run the tests,
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| 250 | issue the following commands (for the tests, you don't need to build the
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| 251 | docs):
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| 252 | </para>
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| 253 |
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| 254 | <screen><userinput>make distclean &&
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| 255 | ./configure --enable-tests \
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| 256 | --enable-asserts \
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| 257 | --disable-doxygen-docs \
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| 258 | --disable-xml-docs &&
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| 259 | make &&
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| 260 | make check</userinput></screen>
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| 261 |
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| 262 | <para>
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| 263 | The test <command>test-bus.sh</command> is known to fail. There has also
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| 264 | been reports that the tests may fail if running inside a Midnight
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| 265 | Commander shell. You may get out-of-memory error messages when running
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| 266 | the tests. These are normal and can be safely ignored.
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| 267 | </para>
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| 268 |
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| 269 | </sect2>
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| 270 |
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| 271 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 272 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 273 |
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| 274 | <para>
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| 275 | <parameter>--disable-doxygen-docs</parameter>: This switch disables
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| 276 | doxygen documentation build and install, if you have
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| 277 | <application>doxygen</application> installed. If
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| 278 | <application>doxygen</application> is installed, and you wish to build
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| 279 | them, remove this parameter.
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| 280 | </para>
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| 281 |
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| 282 | <para>
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| 283 | <parameter>--disable-xml-docs</parameter>: This switch disables html
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| 284 | documentation build and install, if you have
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| 285 | <application>xmlto</application> installed. If
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| 286 | <application>xmlto</application> is installed, and you wish to build
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| 287 | them, remove this parameter.
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| 288 | </para>
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| 289 |
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| 290 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 291 | href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
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| 292 |
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| 293 | <para revision="sysv">
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| 294 | <parameter>--disable-systemd</parameter>: This switch disables systemd
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| 295 | support in <application>D-Bus</application>.
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| 296 | </para>
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| 297 |
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| 298 | <para revision="sysv">
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| 299 | <parameter>--without-systemdsystemunitdir</parameter>: This switch
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| 300 | prevents installation of systemd unit files.
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| 301 | </para>
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| 302 |
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| 303 | <para revision="systemd">
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| 304 | <parameter>--enable-user-session</parameter>: This parameter enables
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| 305 | per-user DBus sessions with <application>systemd</application>.
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| 306 | </para>
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| 307 |
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| 308 | <para>
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| 309 | <parameter>--with-console-auth-dir=/run/console/</parameter>: This
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| 310 | parameter specifies location of the
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| 311 | <application>ConsoleKit</application> auth dir.
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| 312 | </para>
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| 313 |
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| 314 | <para>
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| 315 | <parameter>--with-system-pid-file=/run/dbus/pid</parameter>: This
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| 316 | parameter specifies the location of the PID file.
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| 317 | </para>
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| 318 |
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| 319 | <para>
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| 320 | <parameter>--with-system-socket=/run/dbus/system_bus_socket</parameter>:
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| 321 | This parameter specifies the location of the system bus socket.
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| 322 | </para>
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| 323 |
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| 324 | <para>
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| 325 | <parameter>--enable-tests</parameter>: Build extra parts of the code to
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| 326 | support all tests. Do not use on a production build.
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| 327 | </para>
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| 328 |
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| 329 | <para>
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| 330 | <option>--enable-embedded-tests</option>: Build extra parts of the
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| 331 | code to support only unit tests. Do not use on a production build.
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| 332 | </para>
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| 333 |
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| 334 | <para>
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| 335 | <parameter>--enable-asserts</parameter>: Enable debugging code to run
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| 336 | assertions for statements normally assumed to be true. This prevents a
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| 337 | warning that '<parameter>--enable-tests</parameter>' on its own is only
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| 338 | useful for profiling and might not give true results for all tests, but
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| 339 | adds its own NOTE that this should not be used in a production build.
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| 340 | </para>
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| 341 |
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| 342 | </sect2>
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| 343 |
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| 344 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 345 | <title>Configuring D-Bus</title>
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| 346 |
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| 347 | <sect3 id="dbus-config">
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| 348 | <title>Config Files</title>
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| 349 |
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| 350 | <para>
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| 351 | <filename>/etc/dbus-1/session.conf</filename>,
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| 352 | <filename>/etc/dbus-1/system.conf</filename> and
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| 353 | <filename>/etc/dbus-1/system.d/*</filename>
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| 354 | </para>
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| 355 |
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| 356 | <indexterm zone="dbus dbus-config">
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| 357 | <primary sortas="e-etc-dbus-1-session.conf">/etc/dbus-1/session.conf</primary>
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| 358 | </indexterm>
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| 359 |
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| 360 | <indexterm zone="dbus dbus-config">
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| 361 | <primary sortas="e-etc-dbus-1/system.conf">/etc/dbus-1/system.conf</primary>
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| 362 | </indexterm>
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| 363 |
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| 364 | <indexterm zone="dbus dbus-config">
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| 365 | <primary sortas="e-etc-dbus-1-system.d-star">/etc/dbus-1/system.d/*</primary>
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| 366 | </indexterm>
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| 367 |
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| 368 | </sect3>
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| 369 |
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| 370 | <sect3 id="dbus-session-config" xreflabel="D-Bus custom services directory">
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| 371 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 372 |
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| 373 | <para>
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| 374 | The configuration files listed above should probably not be
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| 375 | modified. If changes are required, you should create
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| 376 | <filename>/etc/dbus-1/session-local.conf</filename> and/or
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| 377 | <filename>/etc/dbus-1/system-local.conf</filename> and make any
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| 378 | desired changes to these files.
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| 379 | </para>
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| 380 |
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| 381 | <para>
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| 382 | If any packages install a
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| 383 | <application>D-Bus</application> <filename>.service</filename>
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| 384 | file outside of the standard <filename
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| 385 | class="directory">/usr/share/dbus-1/services</filename> directory,
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| 386 | that directory should be added to the local session configuration.
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| 387 | For instance, <filename
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| 388 | class="directory">/usr/local/share/dbus-1/services</filename> can
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| 389 | be added by performing the following commands as the
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| 390 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 391 | </para>
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| 392 |
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| 393 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat > /etc/dbus-1/session-local.conf << "EOF"
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| 394 | <literal><!DOCTYPE busconfig PUBLIC
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| 395 | "-//freedesktop//DTD D-BUS Bus Configuration 1.0//EN"
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| 396 | "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/dbus/1.0/busconfig.dtd">
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| 397 | <busconfig>
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| 398 |
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| 399 | <!-- Search for .service files in /usr/local -->
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| 400 | <servicedir>/usr/local/share/dbus-1/services</servicedir>
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| 401 |
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| 402 | </busconfig></literal>
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| 403 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 404 |
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| 405 | </sect3>
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| 406 |
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| 407 | <sect3 id="dbus-session">
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| 408 | <title>D-Bus Session Daemon</title>
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| 409 |
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| 410 | <para revision="sysv">
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| 411 | To automatically start <command>dbus-daemon</command> when the
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| 412 | system is rebooted, install the
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| 413 | <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/dbus</filename> bootscript from the
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| 414 | <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package.
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| 415 | </para>
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| 416 |
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| 417 | <indexterm zone="dbus dbus-session" revision="sysv">
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| 418 | <primary sortas="f-dbus">dbus</primary>
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| 419 | </indexterm>
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| 420 |
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| 421 | <screen role="root" revision="sysv"><userinput>make install-dbus</userinput></screen>
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| 422 |
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| 423 | <para revision="sysv">
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| 424 | Note that this boot script only starts the system-wide
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| 425 | <application>D-Bus</application> daemon. Each user requiring access to
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| 426 | <application>D-Bus</application> services will also need to run a
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| 427 | session daemon as well. There are many methods you can use to start a
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| 428 | session daemon using the <command>dbus-launch</command> command. Review
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| 429 | the <command>dbus-launch</command> man page for details about the
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| 430 | available parameters and options. Here are some suggestions and
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| 431 | examples:
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| 432 | </para>
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| 433 |
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| 434 | <para revision="systemd">
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| 435 | There are many methods you can use to start a session daemon
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| 436 | using the <command>dbus-launch</command> command. Review the
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| 437 | <command>dbus-launch</command> man page for details about the
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| 438 | available parameters and options. Here are some suggestions and
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| 439 | examples:
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| 440 | </para>
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| 441 |
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| 442 |
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| 443 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 444 | <listitem>
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| 445 | <para>
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| 446 | Add <command>dbus-launch</command> to the line in the
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| 447 | <filename>~/.xinitrc</filename> file that starts your graphical
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| 448 | desktop environment.
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| 449 | </para>
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| 450 | </listitem>
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| 451 | <listitem>
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| 452 | <para>
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| 453 | If you use <command>xdm</command> or some other display manager
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| 454 | that calls the <filename>~/.xsession</filename> file, you can add
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| 455 | <command>dbus-launch</command> to the line in your
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| 456 | <filename>~/.xsession</filename> file that starts your graphical
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| 457 | desktop environment. The syntax would be similar to the example in
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| 458 | the <filename>~/.xinitrc</filename> file.
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| 459 | </para>
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| 460 | </listitem>
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| 461 | <listitem>
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| 462 | <para>
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| 463 | The examples shown previously use
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| 464 | <command>dbus-launch</command> to specify a program to be run. This
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| 465 | has the benefit (when also using the
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| 466 | <parameter>--exit-with-session</parameter> parameter) of stopping the
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| 467 | session daemon when the specified program is stopped. You can also
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| 468 | start the session daemon in your system or personal startup scripts
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| 469 | by adding the following lines:
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| 470 | </para>
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| 471 |
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| 472 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput><literal># Start the D-Bus session daemon
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| 473 | eval `dbus-launch`
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| 474 | export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS</literal></userinput></screen>
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| 475 |
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| 476 | <para>
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| 477 | This method will not stop the session daemon when you exit
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| 478 | your shell, therefore you should add the following line to your
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| 479 | <filename>~/.bash_logout</filename> file:
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| 480 | </para>
|
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| 481 |
|
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| 482 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput><literal># Kill the D-Bus session daemon
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| 483 | kill $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_PID</literal></userinput></screen>
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| 484 | </listitem>
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| 485 |
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| 486 | <listitem>
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| 487 | <para>
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| 488 | A hint has been written that provides ways to start scripts
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| 489 | using the KDM session manager of KDE. The concepts in this hint could
|
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| 490 | possibly be used with other session managers as well. The hint is
|
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| 491 | located at <ulink
|
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| 492 | url="&hints-root;/downloads/files/execute-session-scripts-using-kdm.txt"/>.
|
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| 493 | </para>
|
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| 494 | </listitem>
|
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| 495 |
|
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| 496 | </itemizedlist>
|
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| 497 |
|
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| 498 | </sect3>
|
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| 499 |
|
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| 500 | </sect2>
|
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| 501 |
|
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| 502 | <sect2 role="content" revision="sysv">
|
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| 503 | <title>Contents</title>
|
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| 504 |
|
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| 505 | <segmentedlist>
|
|---|
| 506 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
|
|---|
| 507 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
|
|---|
| 508 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
|
|---|
| 509 |
|
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| 510 | <seglistitem>
|
|---|
| 511 | <seg>
|
|---|
| 512 | dbus-cleanup-sockets, dbus-daemon, dbus-launch, dbus-monitor,
|
|---|
| 513 | dbus-run-session, dbus-send, dbus-test-tool,
|
|---|
| 514 | dbus-update-activation-environment, and dbus-uuidgen
|
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| 515 | </seg>
|
|---|
| 516 | <seg>
|
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| 517 | libdbus-1.so
|
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| 518 | </seg>
|
|---|
| 519 | <seg>
|
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| 520 | /etc/dbus-1,
|
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| 521 | /usr/{include,lib}/dbus-1.0,
|
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| 522 | /usr/share/dbus-1,
|
|---|
| 523 | /usr/share/doc/dbus-&dbus-version;, and
|
|---|
| 524 | /var/{lib,run}/dbus
|
|---|
| 525 | </seg>
|
|---|
| 526 | </seglistitem>
|
|---|
| 527 | </segmentedlist>
|
|---|
| 528 |
|
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| 529 | <variablelist>
|
|---|
| 530 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
|
|---|
| 531 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
|
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| 532 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
|
|---|
| 533 |
|
|---|
| 534 | <varlistentry id="dbus-cleanup-sockets">
|
|---|
| 535 | <term><command>dbus-cleanup-sockets</command></term>
|
|---|
| 536 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 537 | <para>
|
|---|
| 538 | is used to clean up leftover sockets in a directory.
|
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| 539 | </para>
|
|---|
| 540 | <indexterm zone="dbus dbus-cleanup-sockets">
|
|---|
| 541 | <primary sortas="b-dbus-cleanup-sockets">dbus-cleanup-sockets</primary>
|
|---|
| 542 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 543 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 544 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 545 |
|
|---|
| 546 | <varlistentry id="dbus-daemon">
|
|---|
| 547 | <term><command>dbus-daemon</command></term>
|
|---|
| 548 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 549 | <para>
|
|---|
| 550 | is the <application>D-Bus</application> message bus daemon.
|
|---|
| 551 | </para>
|
|---|
| 552 | <indexterm zone="dbus dbus-daemon">
|
|---|
| 553 | <primary sortas="b-dbus-daemon">dbus-daemon</primary>
|
|---|
| 554 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 555 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 556 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 557 |
|
|---|
| 558 | <varlistentry id="dbus-launch">
|
|---|
| 559 | <term><command>dbus-launch</command></term>
|
|---|
| 560 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 561 | <para>
|
|---|
| 562 | is used to start <command>dbus-daemon</command> from a shell
|
|---|
| 563 | script. It would normally be called from a user's login
|
|---|
| 564 | scripts.
|
|---|
| 565 | </para>
|
|---|
| 566 | <indexterm zone="dbus dbus-launch">
|
|---|
| 567 | <primary sortas="b-dbus-launch">dbus-launch</primary>
|
|---|
| 568 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 569 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 570 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 571 |
|
|---|
| 572 | <varlistentry id="dbus-monitor">
|
|---|
| 573 | <term><command>dbus-monitor</command></term>
|
|---|
| 574 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 575 | <para>
|
|---|
| 576 | is used to monitor messages going through a
|
|---|
| 577 | <application>D-Bus</application> message bus.
|
|---|
| 578 | </para>
|
|---|
| 579 | <indexterm zone="dbus dbus-monitor">
|
|---|
| 580 | <primary sortas="b-dbus-monitor">dbus-monitor</primary>
|
|---|
| 581 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 582 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 583 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 584 |
|
|---|
| 585 | <varlistentry id="dbus-run-session">
|
|---|
| 586 | <term><command>dbus-run-session</command></term>
|
|---|
| 587 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 588 | <para>
|
|---|
| 589 | start a process as a new <application>D-Bus</application> session.
|
|---|
| 590 | </para>
|
|---|
| 591 | <indexterm zone="dbus dbus-run-session">
|
|---|
| 592 | <primary sortas="b-dbus-run-session">dbus-run-session</primary>
|
|---|
| 593 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 594 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 595 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 596 |
|
|---|
| 597 | <varlistentry id="dbus-send">
|
|---|
| 598 | <term><command>dbus-send</command></term>
|
|---|
| 599 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 600 | <para>
|
|---|
| 601 | is used to send a message to a <application>D-Bus</application>
|
|---|
| 602 | message bus.
|
|---|
| 603 | </para>
|
|---|
| 604 | <indexterm zone="dbus dbus-send">
|
|---|
| 605 | <primary sortas="b-dbus-send">dbus-send</primary>
|
|---|
| 606 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 607 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 608 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 609 |
|
|---|
| 610 | <varlistentry id="dbus-test-tool">
|
|---|
| 611 | <term><command>dbus-test-tool</command></term>
|
|---|
| 612 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 613 | <para>
|
|---|
| 614 | is a <application>D-Bus</application> traffic generator and test
|
|---|
| 615 | tool; it is a multi-purpose tool for debugging and profiling
|
|---|
| 616 | <application>D-Bus</application>.
|
|---|
| 617 | </para>
|
|---|
| 618 | <indexterm zone="dbus dbus-test-tool">
|
|---|
| 619 | <primary sortas="b-dbus-test-tool">dbus-test-tool</primary>
|
|---|
| 620 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 621 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 622 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 623 |
|
|---|
| 624 | <varlistentry id="dbus-update-activation-environment">
|
|---|
| 625 | <term><command>dbus-update-activation-environment</command></term>
|
|---|
| 626 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 627 | <para>
|
|---|
| 628 | is used to update the environment used for
|
|---|
| 629 | <application>D-Bus</application> session services;
|
|---|
| 630 | it updates the list of environment variables used by
|
|---|
| 631 | <command>dbus-daemon --session</command> when it activates session
|
|---|
| 632 | services without using systemd.
|
|---|
| 633 | </para>
|
|---|
| 634 | <indexterm zone="dbus dbus-update-activation-environment">
|
|---|
| 635 | <primary sortas="b-dbus-update-activation-environment">
|
|---|
| 636 | dbus-update-activation-environment</primary>
|
|---|
| 637 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 638 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 639 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 640 |
|
|---|
| 641 | <varlistentry id="dbus-uuidgen">
|
|---|
| 642 | <term><command>dbus-uuidgen</command></term>
|
|---|
| 643 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 644 | <para>
|
|---|
| 645 | is used to generate a universally unique ID.
|
|---|
| 646 | </para>
|
|---|
| 647 | <indexterm zone="dbus dbus-uuidgen">
|
|---|
| 648 | <primary sortas="b-dbus-uuidgen">dbus-uuidgen</primary>
|
|---|
| 649 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 650 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 651 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 652 |
|
|---|
| 653 | <varlistentry id="libdbus-1">
|
|---|
| 654 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libdbus-1.so</filename></term>
|
|---|
| 655 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 656 | <para>
|
|---|
| 657 | contains the API functions used by the
|
|---|
| 658 | <application>D-Bus</application> message daemon.
|
|---|
| 659 | <application>D-Bus</application> is first a library that provides
|
|---|
| 660 | one-to-one communication between any two applications;
|
|---|
| 661 | <command>dbus-daemon</command> is an application that uses this
|
|---|
| 662 | library to implement a message bus daemon.
|
|---|
| 663 | </para>
|
|---|
| 664 | <indexterm zone="dbus libdbus-1">
|
|---|
| 665 | <primary sortas="c-libdbus-1">libdbus-1.so</primary>
|
|---|
| 666 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 667 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 668 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 669 |
|
|---|
| 670 | </variablelist>
|
|---|
| 671 |
|
|---|
| 672 | </sect2>
|
|---|
| 673 |
|
|---|
| 674 | <sect2 role="content" revision="systemd">
|
|---|
| 675 | <title>Contents</title>
|
|---|
| 676 |
|
|---|
| 677 | <para>
|
|---|
| 678 | A list of the installed files, along with their short
|
|---|
| 679 | descriptions can be found at
|
|---|
| 680 | <ulink url="&lfs-rootd;/chapter06/dbus.html#contents-dbus"/>.
|
|---|
| 681 | </para>
|
|---|
| 682 |
|
|---|
| 683 | </sect2>
|
|---|
| 684 |
|
|---|
| 685 |
|
|---|
| 686 | </sect1>
|
|---|
| 687 |
|
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