[Solved] Run DE without ConsoleKit and dbus?

Localhost-29A · n00b Joined: 30 Aug 2014 Posts: 48

Hi, it seems like I need ConsoleKit because if I remove that service in my init my DE just doesn't even start after DM, but I've read that it isn't actually needed. How can I remove that service and keep my DE working?

The Doctor · Moderator Joined: 27 Jul 2010 Posts: 2659

Perhaps. What DE? What DM?
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Localhost-29A · n00b Joined: 30 Aug 2014 Posts: 48

I use SLiM as DM and I'm using awesome as " DE " but I tried to do this with Xfce4 with exactly the same results (thats why I thought that wasn't relevant).

The Doctor · Moderator Joined: 27 Jul 2010 Posts: 2659

I don't have experience with that combination, but setting -consolekit globally followed by emerge -auND world should do it.

I don't know how awesome will react to this, but if nothing needs it emerge -ac should clean up the mess. (I expect there shouldn't be a problem.)
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Localhost-29A · n00b Joined: 30 Aug 2014 Posts: 48

Whenever I disable ConsoleKit (with Xfce4 or awesome, it doesn't really matter) DE lands me to a black screen for ever, but in both of its installation manuals it tells that ConsoleKit is an option.

The Doctor · Moderator Joined: 27 Jul 2010 Posts: 2659

Hmmm... It doens't make sense for there to be a useflag on a required option. Are you building slim without consolkit support, or just killing the process?

I know lxdm will do it and kdm could even do it the last time I tested those. This information is almost two years old.
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Localhost-29A · n00b Joined: 30 Aug 2014 Posts: 48

I just did:

The Doctor · Moderator Joined: 27 Jul 2010 Posts: 2659

That is a good first step. The problem is that some programs still expect consolekit and will just wait. That is why you need to rebuild at least slim with USE="-consolekit" so it doesn't go looking for what doesn't exist.
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tclover · Guru Joined: 10 Apr 2011 Posts: 516

Of you can start any X session without *kit crap. Your issue seems in SLiM because you can configure how SLiM laucn any WM. I don't recall well which file to edit... it might `/etc/slim.conf' or something. Anyway, you can configure exactly how to launch a WM, which terminal application to use and much more. I guess your SLiM configuration file has that consolekit/polkit or whatever combination and block launching any WM.

Read the tips and tricks in https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Enlightenment which you can totally adapt to Awesome. You can start by removing XDM init service and edit your ~/.xinitrc (following the previous tips) and see what happen... It should *just works(TM)*!
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Localhost-29A · n00b Joined: 30 Aug 2014 Posts: 48

@The Doctor: Thanks, you solved my problem, all I needed was to rebuild the system adding " -consolekit " to the USE Flags.

@tclover: thanks for the tips and tricks you recommend, I will dig into that, since I want to use just the things I need.