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On Tuesday 25 May 2010 17:02:55 Mick wrote: |
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> Hi All, |
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> I have asked a similar question on this M/L in the past. There seems |
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> to be different ways of making sure that gpg-agent is started prior to |
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> the desktop being launched, but I can't get any of these to work with |
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> enlightenment, which I am currently trying out. |
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> Previously, I was using almost exclusively Fluxbox, which when started |
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> with startx uses /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/20-gpg-agent as detailed |
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> here: |
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> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=258944 |
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> Starting Fluxbox using xdm was less successful. It doesn't seem to |
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> read /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/20-gpg-agent. I also tried different |
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> things like using ~/.xsession, or ~/.xinitrc, or hacking |
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> /etc/X11/Sessions/fluxbox, but nothing appeared to work cleanly. |
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> Now I use kdm (with /etc/init.d/xdm) to launch enlightenment, but kdm |
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> does not read /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/20-gpg-agent either. When kdm |
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> is used to launch KDE then the file /etc/kde/startup/agent-startup.sh |
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> is parsed and everything works as expected within KDE. Enlightenment |
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> does not have anything similar and kdm itself does not read |
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> /etc/kde/startup/agent-startup.sh. |
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> What would you recommend I use to launch gpg-agent so that it works |
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> with kdm/Enlightenment? |
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display managers do not use *xinitrc*, that is why it is failing with every dm |
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you have tried |
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Those files are read by startx and you should treats them as if they are read |
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only by startx |
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You have already found the correct way to start apps in kdm, that is where you |
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should launch gpg-agent |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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