On Sun, 5 May 2013 17:06:15 +0200 Sebastian Ramacher wrote: > On 2013-05-05 16:28:54, Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > > Are you referring to the dconf program from the dconf-tools package? > > Maybe I should install that package: it may turn out to be useful in > > other cases, as well... > > Yes, dconf from the dconf-tools package.
OK, I'll try and let you know.
>
> At this point I don't know what's wrong here. Is dconf-service running?
$ ps aux | grep dconf | grep -v grep
generates an empty output.
However the dconf-service package is installed and
$ ls -lF /usr/lib/dconf/dconf-service
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 36136 Nov 26 12:42 /usr/lib/dconf/dconf-service*
> Is dbus running?
I think it is indeed running.
This is the (slightly edited, for clarity) output:
$ ps aux | grep dbus | grep -v grep
102 2464 0.0 0.0 29924 1216 ? Ss 10:36 0:00
/usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system
$USER 2936 0.0 0.0 40768 1456 ? S 10:36 0:00
/usr/bin/ck-launch-session /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session /bin/bash
${HOME}/.xsession
$USER 2976 0.0 0.0 12384 1032 ? Ss 10:36 0:00
/usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin/ck-launch-session /usr/bin/dbus-launch
--exit-with-session /bin/bash ${HOME}/.xsession
$USER 2984 0.0 0.0 24188 572 ? S 10:36 0:00
/usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session /bin/bash ${HOME}/.xsession
$USER 2985 0.0 0.0 30076 1016 ? Ss 10:36 0:00
/usr/bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 7 --session
> Is iceweasel/gecko-mediaplayer able to access dbus?
I think it is: is there an easy way to check, anyway?
> (I'm just guessing here. But dbus and dconf-service look like possibly
> points of failure as they are required to get the settings, AFAICT.)
I don't know whether dconf-service is really required.
It does not seem to be running on my system, but gnome-mplayer seems to
be able to remember the settings, if I change them... Moreover, when I
change those settings, the ~/.config/dconf/user file is updated.
P.S.: as usual, I would like to thank you for your prompt and kind
assistance; I wish all Debian package maintainers were so responsive!
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