Re: [gentoo-dev] Proposal: include dbus session handling in baselayout (or somewhere, in which case where?)

[Mike Frysinger]

On Tuesday, June 07, 2011 22:02:23 Nirbheek Chauhan wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 3:41 AM, Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> wrote:
> > On Saturday, April 30, 2011 12:20:15 Leho Kraav wrote:
> >> /etc/profile.d/dbus-session.sh attached, looking for feedback about
> >> problems with it and if the whole approach even makes sense. I might be
> >> not knowing something important.
> >
> > i dont think this makes sense in baselayout.  it works great without
> > dbus.
> >
> > doesnt the login manager already take care of launching a dbus-session ?
>
> I believe the use-case is being able to control applications from the
> VTs without having to launch a dbus session manually. Which should be
> done via ~/.bashrc, to be honest. Makes no sense to have a global dbus
> session, since it's supposed to be per-user.

i imagine this could be done via pam too

i dont think this is a global dbus session.  it's in profile.d which means it 
gets executed at shell login time.  i think you meant .bash_login rather than 
.bashrc.

probably the only place this could be integrated is in the dbus ebuild itself.  
install it as a doc file and elog the info to make the user aware of it.  i 
don't think this is something we want to install automatically.
-mike