Michael P. Soulier wrote: > Hi, > > I'm looking at my system and I'm surprised to find dbus running, since I put > -dbus -hal in my /etc/make.conf. > > msoul...@anton:~$ ps -ef | grep dbus | grep -v grep > msoulier 9221 1 0 Apr12 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --fork > --print-pid 4 --print-address 6 --session > msoulier 9222 1 0 Apr12 tty1 00:00:00 /usr/bin/dbus-launch > --sh-syntax --exit-with-session > > msoul...@anton:~$ rc-config list | grep dbus > dbus > > I didn't configure it to start, so something started it. I'm running XFCE4 so > I suspect it started it, since it's running as me and not root. > > So lets see who needs it. > > msoul...@anton:~$ equery belongs /usr/bin/dbus-daemon > [ Searching for file(s) /usr/bin/dbus-daemon in *... ] > sys-apps/dbus-1.2.3-r1 (/usr/bin/dbus-daemon) > msoul...@anton:~$ emerge --pretend --verbose --depclean sys-apps/dbus > > Calculating dependencies... done! > sys-apps/dbus-1.2.3-r1 pulled in by: > dev-libs/dbus-glib-0.76 > > >>>> No packages selected for removal by depclean >>>> > Packages installed: 631 > Packages in world: 155 > Packages in system: 51 > Required packages: 631 > Number to remove: 0 > msoul...@anton:~$ emerge --pretend --verbose --depclean sys-apps/dbus-glib > >>>> No packages selected for removal by depclean >>>> > > That's odd. Nothing needs it? Then who started it? > > It's daemonized so I don't see a parent process beyond init. > > Mike >
Do you have any of the following running on your system? consolekit cupsd hald Those according to a scan of /etc/init.d needs dbus. This may not be true in your case since you have -dbus for your USE flag but it is here although I have dbus turned on. I hope that will help you with a place to look at least. Dale :-) :-)
