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and subject line Re: Bug#748782: gnome-settings-daemon: man page describes
--no-daemon option but it does not work
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: gnome-settings-daemon
Version: 3.2.2-3
Severity: minor
Hi,
the gnome-settings-daemon manpage documents these options:
gnome-settings-daemon [--debug] [--no-daemon] [--gconf-prefix]
[--display=DISPLAY]
However, not all of those are supported and not all supported options are
documented:
matthijs@grubby:~$ gnome-settings-daemon --help
Usage:
gnome-settings-daemon [OPTION...]
Help Options:
-h, --help Show help options
--help-all Show all help options
--help-gtk Show GTK+ Options
Application Options:
--debug Enable debugging code
--timed-exit Exit after a time (for debugging)
--display=DISPLAY X display to use
Gr.
Matthijs
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1,
'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.3.0-wl+ (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages gnome-settings-daemon depends on:
ii dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend] 0.10.0-3
ii dpkg 1.16.2
ii gconf-service 3.2.3-4
ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.2.0-2
ii libatk1.0-0 2.4.0-2
ii libc6 2.13-27
ii libcairo-gobject2 1.10.2-7
ii libcairo2 1.10.2-7
ii libcanberra-gtk3-0 0.28-4
ii libcanberra0 0.28-4
ii libcolord1 0.1.18-1
ii libcomerr2 1.42.2-2
ii libcups2 1.5.2-5
ii libdbus-1-3 1.5.12-1
ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.98-1
ii libfontconfig1 2.8.0-3.1
ii libfreetype6 2.4.9-1
ii libgconf-2-4 3.2.3-4
ii libgcrypt11 1.5.0-3
ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.24.1-1
ii libglib2.0-0 2.32.0-4
ii libgnome-desktop-3-2 3.2.1-4
ii libgnome2-common 2.32.1-2
ii libgnomekbd7 3.4.0.2-1
ii libgnutls26 2.12.18-1
ii libgssapi-krb5-2 1.10+dfsg~beta1-2
ii libgtk-3-0 3.2.3-1
ii libgudev-1.0-0 175-3.1
ii libk5crypto3 1.10+dfsg~beta1-2
ii libkrb5-3 1.10+dfsg~beta1-2
ii liblcms2-2 2.2+git20110628-2.1
ii libnotify4 0.7.5-1
ii libpackagekit-glib2-14 0.7.3-2
ii libpango1.0-0 1.29.4-3+b1
ii libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.104-2
ii libpulse-mainloop-glib0 1.1-3+b1
ii libpulse0 1.1-3+b1
ii libsqlite3-0 3.7.11-2
ii libupower-glib1 0.9.15-3
ii libx11-6 2:1.4.4-4
ii libxfixes3 1:5.0-4
ii libxi6 2:1.4.5-1.1
ii libxklavier16 5.2.1-1
ii nautilus-data 3.2.1-3
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.6.dfsg-2
Versions of packages gnome-settings-daemon recommends:
ii hwdata 0.233-1
ii pulseaudio 1.1-3+b1
Versions of packages gnome-settings-daemon suggests:
ii awesome [x-window-manager] 3.4.11-2
ii gnome-screensaver 3.4.0-1
ii metacity [x-window-manager] 1:2.34.1-2
ii twm [x-window-manager] 1:1.0.6-1
ii x11-xserver-utils 7.6+3
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Version: 3.24.2-1
On Tue, 20 May 2014 at 19:18:57 +0100, Chris Bainbridge wrote:
man gnome-settings-daemon
--no-daemon
Do not detach the daemon process from its controlling terminal
$ gnome-settings-daemon --no-daemon
** (gnome-settings-daemon:6733): WARNING **: Unknown option --no-daemon
Since version 3.23.2 upstream, gnome-settings-daemon does not exist as a
single monolithic daemon, and instead it is a collection of smaller
services installed into /usr/libexec. They are not intended to be
started directly, are not present in the $PATH, and do not have manual
pages.
These services are an implementation detail of the GNOME session, and are
not intended to be run directly by Debian users.
smcv
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