Re: getting workrave to notice gconf changes to /apps/workrave/gui/operation-mode

Rob Caelers <[email protected]> writes:

>> via a menu instead of a check box?)  So I can do “gconftool-2 --type
>> int --set /apps/workrave/gui/operation-mode 0” and it does not return
>> Workrave to normal mode.
>> 
>> It seems this is probably a bug.
>
> Workrave does not monitor all (gconf) configuration settings. Operation mode
> is one of the settings that is not monitored. Will be fixed in the next version.
>
>> Is there a way to get Workrave to notice the changed setting of
>> /apps/workrave/gui/operation-mode, other than killing and restarting
>> Workrave?
>
> You can use DBus to control workrave. Versions 1.8.x:
>
> dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=org.workrave.Workrave
>   /org/workrave/Workrave
>   org.workrave.WorkraveInterface.SetOperationMode string:'quiet'

That sounds lovely!

Sadly, it does not work for me.  I'm using Workrave 1.8.5 that comes
with Ubuntu Hardy Heron (Ubuntu 8.04).  The command you give fails
silently.  When I add the “--print-reply” option of dbus-send, I get
this error message:

  Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.workrave.Workrave was not provided by any .service files

I am not sure what is wrong here.  When I run “ldd /usr/bin/workrave |
grep dbus”, I get this output:

	libdbus-glib-1.so.2 => /usr/lib/libdbus-glib-1.so.2 (0xb70d6000)
	libdbus-1.so.3 => /usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.3 (0xb70a1000)

So it seems that Workrave has been compiled with Dbus support.  I
don't know enough to know what is meant by the complaint about
.service files.

Oh, well!

Meanwhile, I have a cron job that runs every half hour which inspects
the gconf setting of /apps/workrave/gui/operation-mode and if twice in
a row it sees that Workrave is not in normal mode it starts popping up
annoying windows to remind me to switch Workrave back into normal
mode.

-- 
Joe

> Version 1.9.0 and higher:
>
> dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=org.workrave.Workrave
> /org/workrave/Workrave/Core
>  org.workrave.CoreInterface.SetOperationMode string:'normal'
>
> Groetjes,
>   Rob


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