[gentoo-user] dbus running but who started it?

[Michael P. Soulier]

Hi,

I'm looking at my system and I'm surprised to find dbus running, since I put
-dbus -hal in my /etc/make.conf. 

msoulier@anton:~$ ps -ef | grep dbus | grep -v grep
msoulier  9221     1  0 Apr12 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --fork
--print-pid 4 --print-address 6 --session
msoulier  9222     1  0 Apr12 tty1     00:00:00 /usr/bin/dbus-launch
--sh-syntax --exit-with-session

msoulier@anton:~$ rc-config list | grep dbus
  dbus 

I didn't configure it to start, so something started it. I'm running XFCE4 so
I suspect it started it, since it's running as me and not root.

So lets see who needs it.

msoulier@anton:~$ equery belongs /usr/bin/dbus-daemon
[ Searching for file(s) /usr/bin/dbus-daemon in *... ]
sys-apps/dbus-1.2.3-r1 (/usr/bin/dbus-daemon)
msoulier@anton:~$ emerge --pretend --verbose --depclean sys-apps/dbus

Calculating dependencies... done!
  sys-apps/dbus-1.2.3-r1 pulled in by:
    dev-libs/dbus-glib-0.76

>>> No packages selected for removal by depclean
Packages installed:   631
Packages in world:    155
Packages in system:   51
Required packages:    631
Number to remove:     0
msoulier@anton:~$ emerge --pretend --verbose --depclean sys-apps/dbus-glib
>>> No packages selected for removal by depclean

That's odd. Nothing needs it? Then who started it?

It's daemonized so I don't see a parent process beyond init.

Mike
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