On 04/03/2012 06:04 PM, Ken Moffat wrote: > On Tue, Apr 03, 2012 at 04:23:20PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: >> >> UPDATE: if this mail gets through, I'll reply with the logs showing >> where it searches. >> > > from the log, timestamp and host removed to slightly shorten these > DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking for file 'gnome-settings-daemon.desktop' > DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/var/lib/gdm/.config/autostart' > DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/gdm/greeter/gnome/autostart' > DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/local/share/gnome/autostart' > DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/gnome/autostart' > DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/etc/xdg/autostart' > DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/var/lib/gdm/.local/share/applications' > DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/gdm/greeter/applications' > DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/local/share/applications' > DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/applications' > WARNING: Unable to find required component 'gnome-settings-daemon' > DEBUG(+): fill: *** Done checking required components and providers > DEBUG(+): fill: *** Session is not runnable > > Actually, now that I've edited away the noise for theses few lines > I suspect that the symlinks we make, derived from what we made for > gnome-2, are unnecessary. Distros don't seem to do this. > I'm talking about > > ln -fsv > $GNOME_PREFIX/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon \ > $GNOME_PREFIX/lib/gdm&& > ln -fsv /usr/lib/ConsoleKit/ck-get-x11-display-device \ > $GNOME_PREFIX/lib/gdm&& > ln -fsv /usr/lib/polkit-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 \ > $GNOME_PREFIX/lib/gdm > > The only references in the voluminous log to gnome-settings-daemon > are to gnome-settings-daemon.desktop. Will try removing these in a > little while. > > ĸen
Do not remove those. They are run with system() through C files. I've made a patch for gdm 3.4 to avoid that stuff. But for now, let them remain as they are now. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
