Justin Patrin wrote: > 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. > > In that case, what's the right approach here? I don't pretend to know which is prefarable really. Raster, is there something unique about E that necessitated Entrance to be written that way? Or would it be better for E as a whole if it where changed to be more like others... roughly in the direction that Justin has gone for OpenZaurus?
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