Re: [PATCH v3] os: Add -displayfd option

2012-04-18 Thread Chase Douglas
On 04/04/2012 03:29 PM, Chase Douglas wrote: This option specifies a file descriptor in the launching process. X will scan for an available display number and write that number back to the launching process, at the same time as SIGUSR1 generation. This means display managers don't need to

Re: [PATCH v3] os: Add -displayfd option

2012-04-06 Thread Chase Douglas
On 04/05/2012 07:46 AM, Adam Jackson wrote: On Thu, 2012-04-05 at 09:39 +0100, Daniel Stone wrote: Hi, On 5 April 2012 06:19, Chase Douglas chase.doug...@canonical.com wrote: On 04/04/2012 07:18 PM, Alan Coopersmith wrote: Thanks. (I do note that you removed the \n from the display and

Re: [PATCH v3] os: Add -displayfd option

2012-04-05 Thread Daniel Stone
Hi, On 5 April 2012 06:19, Chase Douglas chase.doug...@canonical.com wrote: On 04/04/2012 07:18 PM, Alan Coopersmith wrote: Thanks.   (I do note that you removed the \n from the display and didn't add it to the write of the display to the fd - I don't know if that matters or not, so figured

Re: [PATCH v3] os: Add -displayfd option

2012-04-05 Thread Adam Jackson
On Thu, 2012-04-05 at 09:39 +0100, Daniel Stone wrote: Hi, On 5 April 2012 06:19, Chase Douglas chase.doug...@canonical.com wrote: On 04/04/2012 07:18 PM, Alan Coopersmith wrote: Thanks. (I do note that you removed the \n from the display and didn't add it to the write of the display

[PATCH v3] os: Add -displayfd option

2012-04-04 Thread Chase Douglas
This option specifies a file descriptor in the launching process. X will scan for an available display number and write that number back to the launching process, at the same time as SIGUSR1 generation. This means display managers don't need to guess at available display numbers. As a

Re: [PATCH v3] os: Add -displayfd option

2012-04-04 Thread Alan Coopersmith
On 04/ 4/12 03:29 PM, Chase Douglas wrote: This option specifies a file descriptor in the launching process. X will scan for an available display number and write that number back to the launching process, at the same time as SIGUSR1 generation. This means display managers don't need to

Re: [PATCH v3] os: Add -displayfd option

2012-04-04 Thread Chase Douglas
On 04/04/2012 07:18 PM, Alan Coopersmith wrote: On 04/ 4/12 03:29 PM, Chase Douglas wrote: This option specifies a file descriptor in the launching process. X will scan for an available display number and write that number back to the launching process, at the same time as SIGUSR1 generation.