Brian Cameron-san wrote (10/ 2/08 02:32 AM): > > Ghee: > > In my previous email I asked why we still need to hack > dtlogin-integration's Xsession script to save the user's SHELL variable > and reset it after calling dbus-launch. This seems unnecessary when > calling dbus-launch with --sh-syntax. > > Also, why are we patching dtlogin-integration rather than modifying > the dtlogin-integration module and spinning a new release? > >> I noticed that there more than one set of dbus-launch/dbus-daemon in >> OpenSolairs b97 + vermillion 100. >> Based on the ordering of pids, the most likely app that launches >> dbus-daemon is iiimd, however I can't >> confirm it since I don't know where the source is, and not sure the >> exact sequence it start. >> >> We need to have a coherence approach to start dbus session, we should >> only have one session dbus >> per user session for memory/efficiency. So the approach is 2 folds: >> >> - We should start dbus session as early as possible when user login, >> Brian Cameron made suggestion to >> put it in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d, I am clarifying how does this work. > > When using GDM, the /etc/X11/gdm/Xsession script has this code: > > # run all system xinitrc shell scripts. > if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]; then > for i in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/* ; do > if [ -x "$i" ]; then > . "$i" > fi > done > fi > > So, if you install files to this directory, they should run. I > believe that the /etc/x11/xinit directory is empty by default on > both Solaris and OpenSolaris. However, any package (such as > gnome-session) which wants to install a script to make sure that > something like dbus-launch is started can easily create the directory > and add any desired scripts. Since OpenSolaris only uses GDM, this > should work fine. > >> - Application should check whether there is DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS >> defined before >> doing an explicit dbus-launch. > > For this to work with CDE login, though, you would need to also > put the same script in /usr/dt/config/Xsession.d. Since, on > Solaris Nevada, GDM runs both the /etc/X11/gdm/Xsession script > and the /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d scripts, you would obviously > need to check the environment variables as you describe and avoid > starting dbus-launch a second time if it was already started by > an earlier process. > > By the way, I understand that Takao is considering moving G11N > specific Xsession startup code that is currently hardcoded into > the GDM Xsession script and/or dtstart script into the > /usr/dt/config/Xsession.d and /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d scripts > so that code is better encapsulated and separated from other > session startup scripting.
Thanks for your ping. Yes, I agreed it's a better migration not to depend on CDE. Please let me return this after Indiana Nov. is released. fujiwara > > Brian >
