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Howdy, |
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I subscribe to -dev and read things to get a heads up mostly. I noticed |
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a news item being started concerning consolekit and switching to |
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elogind. From my understanding it is similar to the difference of udev |
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and eudev in that it just pulls the code needed when not using systemd |
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and friends. I do have consolekit here and since the news item and the |
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migration guide mentions removing consolekit, I'm pretty sure the news |
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item has my name all over it and I'm about to switch. Given the |
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outdated nature of consolekit, may be a good thing. |
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Before I start down this road, I have questions. What exactly is it? |
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Is it the screen that pops up when X starts and asks for my login? Is |
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it something inside KDE itself that manages the Desktop itself? I think |
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the first one is sddm. So I'm suspecting it is the later one. Or is it |
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something that I won't even notice the change in? Something that runs |
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in the background and I don't see? Just trying to figure out exactly |
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what it is I'm changing, not that I'm against it because it seems it is |
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needed. |
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Has anyone already switched and if so, was it fairly straight forward |
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and easy or did it require something outside the norm, like shutting |
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down X and doing from a console? I generally update etc from a Konsole |
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inside KDE. One of the things mentioned something about a session |
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becoming corrupted during this is one reason I ask. This comment: |
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"Migration is easy, but if run from within a consolekit session that |
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session may become broken." I'm not sure but I think Konsole uses |
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consolekit. Heck, console itself may use it too. |
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If someone has a screenshot that shows the difference, I'd love to see |
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it. Post a link to a pic hosting site, send it off list or whatever |
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works. I tried to google for screenshots but most mention Gnome and I |
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use KDE. I also poked around Gentoo but it seems to be Gnome as well. |
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Add in that I'm not sure what I'm looking for, I may not know it when I |
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see it anyway. LOL |
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Also, are there any other options to elogind? Is that the only option |
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when using KDE? |
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Thanks to anyone who can clear up some of this confusion on my part. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |