On 11/30/2013 09:08 AM, Armin K. wrote: > On 30.11.2013 15:48, Dan McGhee wrote: >> There are many packages in BLFS whose purpose and functions I don't >> really understand. Even when I try to learn about them the descriptions >> are cryptic and I still have questions. Dbus is one of those. >> >> I've installed it because it was a dependency for either dhcpcd or >> wpa_supplicant. But now that I have it, I want to make it "earn its >> keep." I know that it allows one application to "talk" to another one, >> but that's the extent of my knowledge. >> >> While looking for something else, I discovered a configure switch in >> xorg-server--"--enable-config-dbus." I'm thinking about re-building the >> server with this enabled. What gain or advantage is there? Would > No. It's obsoleted by udev. > >> someone please give me an example? One thing that I thought of was it >> might be useful when I build network manager. If my thinking is > That's only true for wpa_supplicant. NM uses DBus to communicate with it. > >> correct, then network manager in graphics mode, xorg, my window manager >> and wpa_supplicant could all "talk back and forth" to one another. Am I >> on the right track or is this over-simplified? Or is it irrelevant? :) >> > XServer and DBus are no-go on Linux anymore. I believe that DBus was > necessarry for communication with HAL (back in its days), but HAL is > long obsolete on Linux. > >> Thanks, >> Dan >> As usual, Armin, you have been quite helpful. Thanks. Dan
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