source: gnome/platform/gnome-settings-daemon.xml

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY gnome-settings-daemon-download-http
           "&gnome-download-http;/gnome-settings-daemon/&gnome-46;/gnome-settings-daemon-&gnome-settings-daemon-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY gnome-settings-daemon-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY gnome-settings-daemon-md5sum        "408d4fc18cf6971828ff957e052ce4dd">
  <!ENTITY gnome-settings-daemon-size          "1.4 MB">
  <!ENTITY gnome-settings-daemon-buildsize     "35 MB">
  <!ENTITY gnome-settings-daemon-time          "0.1 SBU (Using parallelism=4)">
]>

<sect1 id="gnome-settings-daemon" xreflabel="gnome-settings-daemon-&gnome-settings-daemon-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="gnome-settings-daemon.html"?>


  <title>gnome-settings-daemon-&gnome-settings-daemon-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="gnome-settings-daemon">
    <primary sortas="a-gnome-settings-daemon">gnome-settings-daemon</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to GNOME Settings Daemon</title>

    <para>
      The <application>GNOME Settings Daemon</application> is responsible
      for setting various parameters of a <application>GNOME Session</application>
      and the applications that run under it.
    </para>

    &lfs121_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gnome-settings-daemon-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gnome-settings-daemon-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &gnome-settings-daemon-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &gnome-settings-daemon-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &gnome-settings-daemon-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &gnome-settings-daemon-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

<!--
    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Optional patch (required for running the test suite):
          <ulink url="&patch-root;/gnome-settings-daemon-&gnome-settings-daemon-version;-testsuite_fix-1.patch"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
-->

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">GNOME Settings Daemon Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/>,
      <xref linkend="colord"/>,
      <xref linkend="fontconfig"/>,
      <xref linkend="gcr4"/>,
      <xref linkend="geoclue2"/>,
      <xref linkend="geocode-glib"/>,
      <xref linkend="gnome-desktop"/>,
      <xref linkend="lcms2"/>,
      <xref linkend="libcanberra"/>,
      <xref linkend="libgweather"/>,
      <xref linkend="libnotify"/>,
      <xref linkend="libwacom"/>,
      <xref linkend="pulseaudio"/>,
      and <xref linkend="upower"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      <xref linkend="cups"/>,
      <xref linkend="NetworkManager"/>,
      <xref linkend="nss"/>, and
      <xref linkend="wayland"/>
    </para>

    <note>
      <para>
        Recommended dependencies are not strictly required for
        this package to build and function, but you may not get
        expected results at runtime if you don't install them.
      </para>
    </note>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4"
                revision="sysv">Recommended (Runtime)</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended" revision="sysv">
      <xref linkend="blocaled" role="runtime"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="gnome-session"/>,
      <xref linkend="mutter"/>,
      <xref linkend="python-dbusmock"/>,
      <xref linkend="umockdev"/>, and
      <command>Xvfb</command> (for tests, from
      <xref linkend="xorg-server"/> or
      <xref role="nodep" linkend="xwayland"/>)
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of GNOME Settings Daemon</title>

<!--
    <para>
      First, fix building with recent versions of
      <application>meson</application>:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>sed "/  policy,/d" -i plugins/{power,wacom}/meson.build</userinput></screen>
-->

    <para revision="sysv">
      Next, fix libelogind detection for tests:
    </para>

<screen revision="sysv"><userinput>sed -e 's/libsystemd/libelogind/' \
    -i plugins/power/test.py</userinput></screen>

    <para revision="sysv">
       Next, fix backlight functionality in gnome-control-center:
    </para>

<screen revision="sysv"><userinput>sed -e 's/(backlight->logind_proxy)/(0)/' \
    -i plugins/power/gsd-backlight.c</userinput></screen>

<!--
    <para>
      If running the test suite, apply a patch to fix test timeouts
      with python-dbusmock 0.30.0 or later:
    </para>

    <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../gnome-settings-daemon-&gnome-settings-daemon-version;-testsuite_fix-1.patch</userinput></screen>
-->

    <para>
      Install <application>GNOME Settings Daemon</application> by running the
      following commands:
    </para>

<screen revision='sysv'><userinput>mkdir build &amp;&amp;
cd    build &amp;&amp;

meson setup --prefix=/usr       \
            --buildtype=release \
            -Dsystemd=false     \
            ..                  &amp;&amp;
ninja</userinput></screen>

<screen revision='systemd'><userinput>mkdir build &amp;&amp;
cd    build &amp;&amp;

meson setup --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release .. &amp;&amp;
ninja</userinput></screen>

    <!-- [renodr, June 29th, 2019]: for some reason, on elogind, all tests
         passed. 8 failed on systemd. It could be kernel configuration, or
         any other package change. umockdev might be needed, but it works
         fine without it on elogind.
         [pierre, July 31st, 2020]: only one test passed on elogind. I
         have umockdev, but it does not look like it is used. Adding the
         sed allows 9 tests out of 10 to pass. -->
    <para>
      To check the results, execute: <command>ninja test</command>. Note that
      you must have <application>python-dbusmock</application> installed in
      order for the tests to complete successfully. Some tests
      may fail depending on the init system in use.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
      href="../../xincludes/meson-buildtype-release.xml"/>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          None
        </seg>
       <seg>
          libgsd.so
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /etc/xdg/Xwayland-session.d,
          /usr/include/gnome-settings-daemon-46,
          /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-46, and
          /usr/share/gnome-settings-daemon
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>
<!-- For version 3.34, there is nothing in /usr/bin but there are a lot
     of support programs in /usr/libexec.  In NEWS:

     Removed daemon, everything is now implemented in mutter

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="gnome-settings-daemon-prog">
        <term><command>gnome-settings-daemon</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is responsible for setting the various preference parameters of
            a <application>GNOME</application> session and the applications
            that run under it.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="gnome-settings-daemon gnome-settings-daemon-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-gnome-settings-daemon">gnome-settings-daemon</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>
-->
  </sect2>

</sect1>