He has a graphical login session. I am going to guess he is using straight-X windows with one of the ancient simple window managers (twm, mwm). I have used similar setups on set-top boxes where memory is limited and gnome is overcomplicated and often gets in the way of it working.
DJ: are you the same DJ Delorie that did the work 30 years ago on djgcc for DOS? If so, that was some good work. I used it for some image processing work. On Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 3:03 AM Samuel Sieb <sam...@sieb.net> wrote: > On 3/24/22 21:49, R. G. Newbury wrote: > > > > DJ Delorie <d...@delorie.com> wrote > > > >> Geoffrey Leach <geoffleach...@gmail.com> writes: > >>> Is there a 'Getting Started With pipewire' and/or wireplumber > >>> somewhere? Or should they 'just work' and I need to check my > >>> connections? > >> > >> As a non-gnome (and non-display-manager) user, I share these .xsession > >> snippets: > >> > >> # Required by pipewire, at least > >> export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=$(mktemp -d /tmp/$(id -u)-runtime-dir.XXX) > >> > >> # Required by most things > >> eval `dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session` > >> > >> pipewire & > >> pipewire-pulse & > >> (sleep 2 ; wireplumber & ) & > >> > >> > >> There wasn't a pipewire-specific config; it uses the same ALSA backend > >> as pulseaudio used. > > > > If you don't mind answering, was it a Rhode Island Red cockerel or a hen > > which you sacrificed to learn these arcane secrets? And, full-moon at > > midnight, or dark of the moon? Or did this take moving up to a goat? > > Or are you a graduate of Hogwarts? Because I am quite sure that none of > > these snippets show up anywhere in the so-called documentation. Pure > > magic, just like any sufficiently advanced technology. > > That's because they aren't necessary. For any standard desktop all > those pieces are already setup for you. Notice how he said > "non-display-manager user". Those are only necessary if you don't have > a graphical login session. > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure >
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