On 8/28/06, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:55:19 +0200 Sebastian Dransfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > babbled: > > > Eugen Minciu wrote: > > > On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 14:29:08 +0100 > > > Essien Ita Essien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Well .. then maybe we shouldn't clearenv() in the first place? We may not > > > need to, since setenv(x,y,1) is called, which overwrites the var's > > > contents > > > anyway. I didn't want to try it before because I suspected clearenv() was > > > there for good reasons (and it feels right, too). > > > > > > However, it's strange you should mention this .. there is: > > > entrance_auth_setup_environment(Entrance_Auth * e, const char *display, > > > const char *path) so the display is sent as a paramter and it _should be_ > > > set by the function itself. > > > > > > Could you investigate this a bit further? I'm willing to try not > > > clearenv() > > > - ing but it may introduce some even subtler (and weirder) problems. If > > > you > > > think it shouldn't though I'll try it out later on tonight, when I've some > > > free time on my hands. > > > > clearenv must stay. The user must not inherit any environment from entrance. > > well- it does NEED to inherit DISPLAY... for starters. :) the problem is > actually entrance executing enlightenment directly. no other dm does this as > best i know. every login session is first executed by a shell which then > executes the wm or session manager etc. thus the behavior issues. wm's like e > expect to have a users environment already loaded by the time they run. (ie > users $PATH is set and all the other goodies a user wants in their SHELL) >
FWIW I have also modified entrance to start a shell script instead of X directly for use in OpenZaurus to allow the normal X startup scripts to be run. -- Justin Patrin ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
