On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:03:42 -0600 Bruce Dubbs <bruce.du...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not an expert in how dbus is used, but if you do not use the > bootscript and do use the dbus-launch, isn't that sufficient? Yes, I think so. I'm going to delete the dbus bootscripts on my systems and just start it from xinitrc > What I'd like to do is explain it, but I need to understand it better > first. I think this is a mechanism for different processes to > communicate without using shared memory or semaphores or pipes, but it > may just be a wrapper around those constructs. > > I suspect (but am not sure) that dbus is not very useful on a non-gui > desktop or server. If that's the case, then launching via dbus-launch > to .xinitrc makes sense. As I understand it dbus is an inter program communication system for desktop systems. I don't think it has a role (and is probably a potential security risk) on a server. Andy -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
