[CCing bug, sorry] Le Wed, 01 Aug 2012 20:17:43 +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez <cor...@debian.org> a écrit : > On mer., 2012-08-01 at 14:50 +0200, Jonathan Michalon wrote: > > Le Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:49:31 +0200, > > Yves-Alexis Perez <cor...@debian.org> a écrit : > > > On mar., 2012-07-31 at 11:03 +0200, Jonathan Michalon wrote: > > > > Investigations show that GNOME (shell, menu, screensaver / lock) use > > > > gdmflexiserver > > > > (which may not be removed due to dependencies). > > > > But gdmflexiserver uses the SESSION bus, whereas lightdm listens to > > > > SYSTEM bus. > > > > > So you mean that GNOME stopped calling directly /usr/lib/gdmflexiserver > > > but rather sends a dbus call? > > > > Nope, GNOME uses gdmflexiserver, which in turn seems to send a dbus call (at > > least everything tend to show that). > > Maybe my sentence was not that clear ;) > > So *who* sends to the session bus?
According to the error popup when called it's gdm's gdmflexiserver. > > > > Ubuntu ships a gdmflexiserver script doing the --system dbus-send call > > > > located > > > > in a directory placed at the beginning of PATH which can be considered > > > > as an > > > > (ugly) workaround. Listening to session bus (if this is standard) may > > > > be better. > > > > > > > > > > The script is upstream, but I remove it on purpose. But How could > > > lightdm listen on the session bus, which is owned by the user, afaict. > > > > No idea. But why remove the script, if they think that this is The Right > > Way™ ? > > Because there's no way I'll add /usr/lib/lightdm in $PATH of a user. Didn't know there was such an implication, but I agree this is a good reason. What about a kind of divert ? There is already a dialog asking which DM we prefer, I suppose it may update an alternative alongside modifying the file. > > I'm no expert in that area, and as such I may be completely misleading. But > > as > > is I can't use lightdm together with GNOME as I often need to change user. > > To be honest, GNOME users aren't my priority here, considering they can > use gdm3. I'm more targetting Xfce and non-DE users. Seems rational. But I tested lightdm as gdm3 is really buggy… and heavy. -- Jonathan Michalon IT student in Strasbourg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
