Re: question about garnome startup script ...
Peter <[email protected]>
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On Sat, 19 May 2007 02:02:41 +0800, Kuang-Chun Cheng wrote: >> PLEASE DON'T SEND HTML MAIL TO A MAIL LIST. TEXT ONLY. My personal pet peeve. > <br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/19/07, <b > class="gmail_sendername">Peter</b> <<a > href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>> > wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px > solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: > 1ex;"> On Sat, 19 May 2007 01:03:40 +0800, Kuang-Chun Cheng > wrote:<br><br>> Hi<br>><br>> Thanks for the > info.<br>><br><br>np<br><br>snip...<br>>> See the README file > for full examples.<br>><br>><br>> Although I'm not 100% > sure (I don't want to test before I got some <br>> suggestions > from here), I believe this method will affect other users on<br>> the > same Linux box.<br>><br>Yes, that is correct. The instructions in the > README will kill existing<br>processes for dbus, hal, and avahi. So, to > keep the system versions <br>running, follow the instructions that I > wrote below.<br><br>> OR, here's what I do as I also have dbus, > hal, and avahi running.<br>>><br>>> 1) Be sure to have > proper versions of all running. 2) Adjust the <br>>> garnome > startup scripts to avoid killing and restarting > garnome's<br>>> versions of dbus, hal, and avahi. This will > ensure that your versions<br>>> are running.<br>>> 3) Adjust > the garnome startup script to something similar to this: > <br>>><br>>> #!/bin/bash<br>>><br>>> > GARNOME=$HOME/garnome<br>>><br>>> > PATH=$GARNOME/bin:$PATH<br>>> > LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$GARNOME/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH<br>>> > PYTHONPATH=$GARNOME/lib/python2.4/site-packages:$GARNOME/lib/python2.4/ > <br>>> site-packages/gtk-2.0<br>>> > PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$GARNOME/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/pkgconfig > GDK_USE_XFT=1<br>>> XDG_DATA_DIRS=$GARNOME/share<br>>> > XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=$GARNOME/etc/xdg<br>>> > MANPATH=$GARNOME/man:$MANPATH <br>>> # take this line out because > it hard codes in the garnome path<br>>> > #DBUS_LAUNCH="$GARNOME/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session" # > replace<br>>> it simply with this<br>>> > DBUS_LAUNCH="dbus-launch --exit-with-session" > <br>>><br>>> export PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH PYTHONPATH > PKG_CONFIG_PATH > \<br>>> GDK_USE_XFT > XDG_DATA_DIRS XDG_CONFIG_DIRS MANPATH > DBUS_LAUNCH<br>>><br>>> exec $DBUS_LAUNCH > $GARNOME/bin/gnome-session <br>><br>><br>> This way is not good > enough for me too.<br><br>Why? This routine is mandatory for any user > wishing to use garnome. It<br>allows for system versions of dbus to run > and can be tailored to fit many<br> circumstances (including pulling in > kde menus, alternate python > paths,<br>etc.)</blockquote><div><br>Hi,<br><br>Because you mentioned > about this ...<br>Depending on how you use garnome, this approach may > work flawlessly, OR <br>you may have things break here and there. By > removing these three core<br>programs, you are introducing a lot of > moving parts to the process.<br>...<br>And I did not look at the script > you provided closely before I said it's not <br>good > enough. Well, as I said, this is the 1st time I use > Garnome.<br>I will test your approach, which lookd much easier than > chroot. Thanks again.<br><br>Best > Regards,<br>KC<br><br><br> </div><br><blockquote > class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); > margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> > But > thanks anyway. Unless<br>> Garnome itself is buggy, I hope I can have > two independent 'stable'<br>> GNOME co-exist on my Linux box, > so users can choose to have up-to-date<br>> GNOME experiences. > <br>><br><br>You can have multiple garnome installations, and just > use a different<br>startup script.<br><br>Read the README > again.<br><br>> The perfect solution I can think at this moment is > running GARNOME on<br>> Xnest/Xephr or XClient using other display > number eg : 1.0 or :2.0. Or<br>> maybe chroot solution ... anyone has > successfully done this ?<br>><br>> If GARNOME is not designed for > this kind of use, I think I will simply<br>> setup another Linux box > to test new GNOME. <br>><br><br>Give it a shot with these > suggestions.<br><br>> Best Regards<br>> > KC<br>><br><br><br>--<br>Peter<br><br>--<br>garnome-list mailing > list<br><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected] > </a><br><a > href="http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/garnome-list">http:// mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/garnome-list</a><br></blockquote></ div><br> -- Peter -- garnome-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/garnome-list