Changeset 3565e02

Timestamp:

11/19/2005 11:59:27 PM (18 years ago)

Author:

Randy McMurchy <randy@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 6.2, 6.2.0, 6.2.0-rc1, 6.2.0-rc2, 6.3, 6.3-rc1, 6.3-rc2, 6.3-rc3, 7.10, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.6-blfs, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gnome, kde5-13430, kde5-14269, kde5-14686, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, krejzi/svn, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, systemd-11177, systemd-13485, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

cdb6f7a

Parents:

01bf7b38

Message:

Added notes to start a D-BUS session daemon to the D-BUS, GDM and GNOME Configuration instructions

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@5283 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

Files:

• general.ent (modified) (1 diff)
• general/sysutils/dbus.xml (modified) (2 diffs)
• gnome/add/gdm.xml (modified) (2 diffs)
• gnome/core/config.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• introduction/welcome/changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)

general.ent

@@ -1 @@
-<!ENTITY day          "18">
+<!ENTITY day          "19">
 <!ENTITY month        "11">
 <!ENTITY year         "2005">

general/sysutils/dbus.xml

@@ -6 +6 @@
 
   <!ENTITY dbus-download-http "http://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus-&dbus-version;.tar.gz">
-  <!ENTITY dbus-download-ftp  " ">
+  <!ENTITY dbus-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix/linux/mirrors/gentoo/distfiles/dbus-&dbus-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY dbus-md5sum        "1addd5b600a8a4550766005d1f59401b">
   <!ENTITY dbus-size          "1.6 MB">
@@ -182 +182 @@
 <screen role="root"><userinput>make install-dbus</userinput></screen>
 
+      <para>Note that this boot script only starts the system-wide
+      <application>D-BUS</application> daemon. Each user requiring access to
+      <application>D-BUS</application> services will also need to run a
+      session daemon as well. There are many methods you can use to start a
+      session daemon using the <command>dbus-launch</command> command. Review
+      the <command>dbus-launch</command> man page for details about the
+      available parameters and options. Here are some suggestions and
+      examples:</para>
+
+      <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Add <command>dbus-launch</command> to the line in the
+          <filename>~/.xinitrc</filename> file that starts your graphical
+          desktop environment as shown in <xref linkend="gnome-config"/>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>If you use <command>xdm</command> or some other display manager
+          that calls the <filename>~/.xsession</filename> file, you can add
+          <command>dbus-launch</command> to the line in your
+          <filename>~/.xsession</filename> file that starts your graphical
+          desktop environment. The syntax would be similar to the example in
+          the <filename>~/.xinitrc</filename> file.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>If you use <command>gdm</command> or some other display manager
+          that utilizes custom files to initiate sessions, use the example in
+          <xref linkend="gdm-config-dbus"/> of the
+          <application>GDM</application> instructions to create a file
+          containing <command>dbus-launch</command>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>The examples shown previously use
+          <command>dbus-launch</command> to specify a program to be run. This
+          has the benefit (when also using the
+          <parameter>--exit-with-session</parameter> parameter) of stopping the
+          session daemon when the specified program is stopped. You can also
+          start the session daemon in your system or personal startup scripts
+          by adding the following lines:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput><literal># Start the D-BUS session daemon
+eval `dbus-launch`
+export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS</literal></userinput></screen>
+
+          <para>This method will not stop the session daemon when you exit
+          your shell, therefore you should add the following line to your
+          <filename>~/.bash_logout</filename> file:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput><literal># Kill the D-BUS session daemon
+kill $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_PID</literal></userinput></screen>
+        </listitem> 
+        <listitem>
+          <para>If you use <application>Linux-PAM</application>, you can review
+          the <ulink
+          url="&hints-root;/downloads/files/execute-session-scripts-using-pam.txt">
+          Execute Session Scripts Using PAM</ulink> hint to see if it would work
+          for you.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+
     </sect3>
 

gnome/add/gdm.xml

@@ -181 +181 @@
       </indexterm>
 
-      <para><command>gdm</command> can be tested by executing it from a
-      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> console.</para>
+      <para id="gdm-config-dbus">If you have <application>D-BUS</application>
+      installed and you want to start the session
+      <application>D-BUS</application> daemon when you start the GNOME desktop
+      environment using <command>gdm</command>, you'll need to create a new
+      Xsession file. Create the file using the following command as the root
+      user.</para>
+
+<screen role="root"><userinput>cat &gt; $GNOME_PREFIX/share/xsessions/gnome-dbus.desktop &lt;&lt; "EOF"
+<literal>[Desktop Entry]
+Encoding=UTF-8
+Name=GNOME with D-BUS
+Comment=GNOME Desktop with D-BUS support
+Exec=dbus-launch --exit-with-session gnome-session
+TryExec=/usr/bin/dbus-launch
+Icon=
+Type=Application</literal>
+
+EOF</userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>Choose this session using the session selection dialog on the
+      display manager login screen. You also have the opportunity to make this
+      your default session.</para>
+
+      <para><command>gdm</command> can be tested by executing it as the
+      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user. Use the
+      <command>gdm-stop</command> command if you wish to stop the display
+      manager.</para>
 
     </sect3>
@@ -194 +219 @@
       <envar>GNOME_PREFIX</envar> environment variable is anything other than
       <filename class='directory'>/usr</filename> or
-      <filename class='directory'>/opt/gnome-2.10</filename>, you will need to
-      modify the <envar>PATH</envar> statement in the script to include the 
-      path where you have <application>GNOME</application> installed.</para>
+      <filename class='directory'>/opt/gnome-&gnome-version;</filename>, you
+      will need to modify the <envar>PATH</envar> statement in the script to
+      include the path where you have <application>GNOME</application>
+      installed.</para>
 
       <indexterm zone="gdm gdm-init">

gnome/core/config.xml

@@ -27 +27 @@
   daemon here, use the following command instead of the one shown above:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>echo "exec dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session gnome-session" &gt;&gt; ~/.xinitrc</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>echo "exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session gnome-session" &gt;&gt; ~/.xinitrc</userinput></screen>
 
   <note>

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -43 +43 @@
 
     <listitem>
+      <para>November 19th, 2005</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[randy] - Added notes to start a D-BUS session daemon to the
+          D-BUS, GDM and GNOME Configuration instructions.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
+    <listitem>
       <para>November 18th, 2005</para>
       <itemizedlist>