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Peter | 13 Oct 2007 22:43
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Re: Garnome 2.20.0 - System Administartion

On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 16:34:00 +0100, Thomas wrote:

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> I am certain you are correct. However I had read the README file and I
> think I am doing what it says. I have modified the Slackware start-up
> files in /etc/rc.d to start the Garnome versions of hal,dbus & avahi. Do
> I need to modify the config files in $GARNOME/etc/dbus?  Do I need to
> define special users or groups?
> 
> Tom Gibson

By modifying the Slackware startup files to start garnome files is 
incorrect. They won't start because garnome won't be in the library search 
path. dbus is likely NOT loading.

If you're going to use dbus or hal from slackware, use the originals, do 
not use garnome. That said, follow the readme and do what it says. It does 
not say start dbus, hal, and avahi in your system startup scripts. It says 
to start it as a user after killing off similar system processes.

So
1) kill system dbus, hal, etc.
2) start garnome's dbus, hal, etc.
3) set paths as indicated and start a gnome session.
4) do not use garnome in system startup scripts. garnome is intended to be 
per user.

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Karsten Bräckelmann | 20 Oct 2007 02:53
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Re: Garnome 2.20.0 - System Administartion


> By modifying the Slackware startup files to start garnome files is 
> incorrect. They won't start because garnome won't be in the library search 
> path. dbus is likely NOT loading.

This is not true.  You can start dbus and hal as init script just fine
as built by GARNOME. This may involve some tweaking of configure
settings of these garballs, and/or creating daemon users. I am doing
this myself, running the GARNOME services, started by custom coded init
scripts.

Of course, in this case I recommend adjusting main_prefix in gar.conf.mk
to keep the install in a sane place like /opt/gnome-$VERSION instead of
the default inside the building users $HOME. Frankly, unless for sole
testing purposes, I do recommend this anyway. :)

Note that the $GARNOME variable as set in the example scripts matches
the default case only. When tweaking main_prefix, this needs to be
adjusted, too.

> If you're going to use dbus or hal from slackware, use the originals, do 

I believe Thomas wants to not use these from Slackware. :)

Note: You *can* use the system services. However, they need to be fairly
recent for this to work.

> not use garnome. That said, follow the readme and do what it says. It does 
> not say start dbus, hal, and avahi in your system startup scripts. It says 
> to start it as a user after killing off similar system processes.
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