Changeset 3565e02 for gnome

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

Location:

gnome

Files:

• add/gdm.xml (modified) (2 diffs)
• core/config.xml (modified) (1 diff)

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>