Re: why does ssconvert need D-bus ?

2016-09-01 Thread Fourhundred Thecat
> On 2016-09-01 17:40, Morten Welinder wrote: > >> Why would ssconvert need this ? > > To store configuration parameters. Most of the settings we store there > are GUI related, but there are a few here and there that are not and apply > meaningfully to ssconvert. > >> ssconvert is supposed to

Re: why does ssconvert need D-bus ?

2016-09-01 Thread Morten Welinder
> Why would ssconvert need this ? To store configuration parameters. Most of the settings we store there are GUI related, but there are a few here and there that are not and apply meaningfully to ssconvert. > ssconvert is supposed to be a simple commandline utility to convert from > one format

Re: why does ssconvert need D-bus ?

2016-09-01 Thread Fourhundred Thecat
> On 2016-09-01 14:50, Morten Welinder wrote: > > It shouldn't need an X server. That is, as you say, kind of the point. > > GConf, on the other hand, is needed. We don't really know or control > what that does under the hood, but needing an X server is unreasonable. > > Please file a bug

Re: why does ssconvert need D-bus ?

2016-09-01 Thread Morten Welinder
It shouldn't need an X server. That is, as you say, kind of the point. GConf, on the other hand, is needed. We don't really know or control what that does under the hood, but needing an X server is unreasonable. Please file a bug against gconf for this. Morten On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at

why does ssconvert need D-bus ?

2016-09-01 Thread Fourhundred Thecat
Hello, when I run following command in the text console: ssconvert --export-type=Gnumeric_html:html40 file.gnumeric fd://1 I get lots of errors like these: (ssconvert:3532): GConf-WARNING **: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon: Unable to autolaunch a dbus-daemon without a