Tips and tricks for ConsoleKit, PolicyKit, and udev helpers

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LuPiNOOoO · Post by **LuPiNOOoO** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 4:02 pm

ssuominen wrote: That doesn't look right. You should have session also for /dev/tty1 text login if you used startx. So, is USE="consolekit pam" missing (like suggested to enable in first post) and is /etc/ configuration correct (emerge --noconfmem -1 pambase consolekit shadow, and etc-update, also suggested in first post) ?
Since that looks like pam_ck_connector.so was never used it's propably one of those.

in attachment the emerge --info

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Portage 2.1.9.25 (default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop, gcc-4.4.4, glibc-2.11.2-r3, 2.6.36-gentoo-r5 x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: Linux-2.6.36-gentoo-r5-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_Duo_CPU_T5870_@_2.00GHz-with-gentoo-2.0.1
Timestamp of tree: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 08:30:01 +0000
app-shells/bash:     4.1_p9
dev-java/java-config: 2.1.11-r3
dev-lang/python:     2.6.6-r1, 3.1.2-r4
dev-util/cmake:      2.8.1-r2
sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.1-r1
sys-apps/openrc:     0.7.0
sys-apps/sandbox:    2.4
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.65-r1
sys-devel/automake:  1.9.6-r3, 1.10.3, 1.11.1
sys-devel/binutils:  2.20.1-r1
sys-devel/gcc:       4.4.4-r2
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1
sys-devel/libtool:   2.2.10
sys-devel/make:      3.81-r2
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.30-r1 (sys-kernel/linux-headers)
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
ACCEPT_LICENSE="*"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=core2"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=core2"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs collision-protect distlocks fixlafiles fixpackages news parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://mirror.opteamax.de/gentoo/ rsync://mirror.opteamax.de/gentoo/ http://mirror.opteamax.de/gentoo/"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,--as-needed"
LINGUAS="en it"
MAKEOPTS="-s -j4"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="X a52 aac acc acl acpi alsa amd64 apache2 bash-completion branding bzip2 cairo cdda cdio cdr cli consolekit cracklib crypt cups cxx dbus dri dts dvd dvdr emboss encode exif fam ffmpeg firefox flac fontconfig fuse gdbm gdu gif gpm gtk iconv ipv6 java jpeg lcms libnotify mad mikmod mmx mng modules mp3 mp4 mpeg mudflap multilib ncurses nls nptl nptlonly odbc ogg opengl openmp pam pango pcre pdf perl png policykit ppds pppd python qt3support qt4 readline sdl session spell sse sse2 ssl startup-notification stream svg sysfs tcpd threads tiff truetype udev unicode upnp usb vorbis x264 xcb xinerama xml xorg xulrunner xv xvid zip zlib" ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse void synaptics vesa fbdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en it" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="intel" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" 
Unset:  CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY

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grep pam_ck_connector.so /etc/pam.d/*
/etc/pam.d/system-login:session		optional	pam_ck_connector.so

I have re-read the first post and for me is correct; but the problem remain.

LuPiNOOoO · Post by **LuPiNOOoO** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 6:34 pm

I, i have test with slim, and Work!
Maybe is .xinitrc that wrong!

Have you an example that work with "startx & exit" ???
Thanks

rahulthewall · Post by **rahulthewall** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 10:52 pm

I have followed this guide more or less. I have KDE-4.6 installed and auto mount works without a problem for a variety of drivers. What does not work is the following:

- No suspend
- No shutdown (seriously) - hangs at remounting root read/write

I don't know whether the above two problems have anything to do with the removal of hal or not, but I did not notice them before (or so I very strongly think).

However, the parts of the guide I did not follow:

- Install gnome-base/gvfs (why do I need this on a KDE system?)
- CONFIG_IDE ( ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support (DEPRECATED) ---> Why do I need this?)

So, are my current problems (no suspend, no shutdown) hal removal related?

d2_racing · Post by **d2_racing** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 10:54 pm

Which kernel version do you have right now ?

One of my friend doesn't have any shutdown problem with kernel 2.6.36 but with 2.6.37 it hangs badly.

rahulthewall · Post by **rahulthewall** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 10:58 pm

d2_racing wrote:Which kernel version do you have right now ?

One of my friend doesn't have any shutdown problem with kernel 2.6.36 but with 2.6.37 it hangs badly.

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2.6.37-zen+

Built straight from git.

EDIT: I will try with zen-2.6.36 and see how that works. Will report back in the morning, compiling libreoffice for now.

EDIT II: All problems solved on reverting to 2.6.36.

Havin_it · Post by **Havin_it** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 10:01 am

Since you mention shutdown, I've noticed a quirk there too. When I use my power button to shutdown directly (the default action when on battery), it takes 5-10 seconds for the KDE desktop to come down. However, when I right-click the desktop and use the "Leave..." menu, it's as fast as normal. What's that about?

Also, while we're on PowerDevil, I noticed the Configuration button in the applet doesn't work, though I've no problem accessing the config through systemsettings. Odd...

mamac · Post by **mamac** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 12:09 pm

Hi,

Since hal has been unmerged, battery meter (powered by solid under kde) doesn't detect any battery, same for processors.

Battery info is available in /proc:

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# cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info  
present:                 yes
design capacity:         3800 mAh
last full capacity:      2054 mAh
battery technology:      rechargeable
design voltage:          11100 mV
design capacity warning: 380 mAh
design capacity low:     115 mAh
cycle count:              0
capacity granularity 1:  38 mAh
capacity granularity 2:  38 mAh
model number:            DELL JG1688
serial number:           1006
battery type:            LION
OEM info:                Sanyo

We have this bug for solid: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=348236

Any idea how to make solid work without hal?

rahulthewall · Post by **rahulthewall** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 12:26 pm

mamac wrote:Hi,

Since hal has been unmerged, battery meter (powered by solid under kde) doesn't detect any battery, same for processors.

Battery info is available in /proc:
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# cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info  
present:                 yes
design capacity:         3800 mAh
last full capacity:      2054 mAh
battery technology:      rechargeable
design voltage:          11100 mV
design capacity warning: 380 mAh
design capacity low:     115 mAh
cycle count:              0
capacity granularity 1:  38 mAh
capacity granularity 2:  38 mAh
model number:            DELL JG1688
serial number:           1006
battery type:            LION
OEM info:                Sanyo
We have this bug for solid: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=348236

Any idea how to make solid work without hal?

It is working for me (no hal here at all).

mamac · Post by **mamac** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 12:34 pm

rahulthewall,
solid-hardware reports unknown service as below:

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$ solid-hardware query 'Is Battery'
QStringList Solid::Backends::Hal::HalManager::findDeviceByDeviceInterface(const Solid::DeviceInterface::Type&)  error:  "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown"

What does it say for you?

rahulthewall · Post by **rahulthewall** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 2:38 pm

mamac wrote:rahulthewall,
solid-hardware reports unknown service as below:
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$ solid-hardware query 'Is Battery'
QStringList Solid::Backends::Hal::HalManager::findDeviceByDeviceInterface(const Solid::DeviceInterface::Type&)  error:  "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown"
What does it say for you?

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rahul@googly ~ $ solid-hardware query 'Is Battery' 
Object::connect: No such signal QDBusAbstractInterface::Changed()
udi = '/org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0'

mamac · Post by **mamac** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 4:49 pm

upower -d works fine.
I recompiled solid but that didn't help, there might be another package to recompile but I have no idea which one.
This battery meter issue happens with 2 laptops.

d2_racing · Post by **d2_racing** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 6:59 pm

rahulthewall wrote:
d2_racing wrote:Which kernel version do you have right now ?

One of my friend doesn't have any shutdown problem with kernel 2.6.36 but with 2.6.37 it hangs badly.
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2.6.37-zen+

Built straight from git.
EDIT: I will try with zen-2.6.36 and see how that works. Will report back in the morning, compiling libreoffice for now.

EDIT II: All problems solved on reverting to 2.6.36.

Is there any bugzilla on kernel.org about that specific problem ?

mamac · Post by **mamac** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:59 am

Also usb keys/disks autodetection has stopped working under my KDEs installations since hal is unmerged, I have to investigate that...

mamac · Post by **mamac** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 8:41 am

Running KDE4.4, seems hal is still needed for this version.

mamac · Post by **mamac** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 9:29 am

It might be obvious for many people but was not for me. Unmerging hal is only valid for KDE4.6 and later, see: http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=67 ... 39#p189739

radfoj · Post by **radfoj** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 2:04 pm

Hi,

I tried to follow this guide, but have problem. Especially, after I say no for CONFIG_IDE in kernel configuration and compiled it, it wasnt possible boot into it (kernel panic):

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 VFS - cannot open root device "305 or unknown-block(3,5).

I am back in old kernel. Thanks for advice.

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# emerge --info                                                                                                                         
Portage 2.1.9.40 (default/linux/x86/10.0/desktop/kde, gcc-4.4.5, glibc-2.13-r1, 2.6.36-ck-r2 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: Linux-2.6.36-ck-r2-i686-AMD_Athlon-tm-_processor-with-gentoo-2.0.1
Timestamp of tree: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 10:00:01 +0000
app-shells/bash:     4.1_p9
dev-java/java-config: 2.1.11-r3
dev-lang/python:     2.6.6-r1, 2.7.1, 3.1.3
dev-util/cmake:      2.8.3-r1
sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.1-r1
sys-apps/openrc:     0.7.0
sys-apps/sandbox:    2.4
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13::<unknown repository>, 2.65-r1
sys-devel/automake:  1.9.6-r2, 1.10.3, 1.11.1
sys-devel/binutils:  2.20.1-r1
sys-devel/gcc:       4.4.5, 4.5.2
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1
sys-devel/libtool:   2.2.10
sys-devel/make:      3.81-r2
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.36.1 (sys-kernel/linux-headers)
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA dlj-1.1 sun-bcla-java-vm skype-eula Nero-EULA-US AdobeFlash-10 AdobeFlash-10.1 google-talkplugin"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/config"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs distlocks fixlafiles fixpackages news parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch"
FFLAGS=""
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org"
LANG="cs_CZ.UTF-8"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1"
LINGUAS="cs fr"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="3dnow X a52 aac acpi alsa amr asf audiofile avi bash-completion berkdb branding bzip2 cairo cdda cddb cdparanoia cdr cli consolekit cracklib crypt css cups curl cxx dbus dts dvd dvdr dvdread enca encode exif expat ffmpeg firefox flac flash fontconfig fortran ftp gd gdbm gdu gif glut gmp gpm gtk gtk2 iconv icq id3tag idn imagemagick jabber java java6 jpeg kde kipi lame lcms libnotify logrotate mad matroska mikmod mime mmx mng modules mozsvg mp3 mp4 mpeg mudflap musepack musicbrainz mysql ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin nvidia ogg opengl openmp pam pango pcre pdf perl php pic png policykit ppds python qt3support qt4 quicktime readline ruby sdl session slang sndfile sox spell ssl startup-notification svg sysfs system-sqlite taglib tcpd theora tiff truetype udev unicode usb vcd vorbis wavpack webkit win32codecs wma x264 x86 xcb xcomposite xine xml xorg xprint xulrunner xv xvid xvmc zlib" ALSA_CARDS="via82xx" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic auth_digest authn_anon authn_dbd authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock dbd deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers ident imagemap include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation proxy proxy_ajp proxy_balancer proxy_connect proxy_http rewrite setenvif so speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="cs fr" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" 
Unset:  CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS

mamac · Post by **mamac** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 2:30 pm

radfoj,

I had the same on a remote computer (which is actually my mother's computer).

You probably have to enable SATA support in your kernel Device Drivers/<*> Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drivers.

If your drives were named HDA they will be renamed SDA, then you'll also need to update /etc/fstab.

makism · Post by **makism** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:14 pm

Hello, i also have the logout/shutdown/etc problem.
I followed the guide, plus some other stuff recommended such as the kernel-2.6.32-thing.

In /var/log/kdm.log i found this:

klauncher(2808) kdemain: No DBUS session-bus found. Check if you have started the DBUS server.
kdeinit4: Communication error with launcher. Exiting!

not sure if it's relevant.

Any ideas are welcomed.
Thanks.

edit:
after some searching, i found out that this maybe related with the issues i`m having with the sound.
i report more when i done with my work.

edit2:
login/logout and related are fixed. i had to disable the kde sounds...

siebz0r · Post by **siebz0r** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 11:11 pm

I've followed the guide as posted on the first page.
When I start KDM (4.6) with "/etc/init.d/xdm start" KDM comes up and I can login.
KDE starts loading (and displaying the 5 icons), but when it hits the 4th icon (the plasma icon, or cashew) the screen goes black with only the 4th icon showing. If it manages to precede to load, I get nothing but a garbled KDE. For instance, when I open an application and close it again lines of the application stay on screen.
I've checked "/var/log/kdm.log" and "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", nothing obvious.
When I go to tty1, login there, and "/etc/init.d/xdm stop" then startx, KDE loads.

Consolekit is stated through it's init-script.
ck-list-sessions:

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Session2:
        unix-user = '1000'
        realname = '(null)'
        seat = 'Seat1'
        session-type = ''
        active = FALSE
        x11-display = ''
        x11-display-device = ''
        display-device = '/dev/tty1'
        remote-host-name = ''
        is-local = TRUE
        on-since = '2011-02-23T09:16:18.208596Z'
        login-session-id = '2'
        idle-since-hint = '2011-02-23T19:00:58.999803Z'

The 'active' variable stays 'FALSE' either way (startx, /etc/init.d/xdm start).
I also cannot mount disks and suspend through the GUI.
I once got the 'active' variable set to 'TRUE' with "/etc/init.d/xdm start", suspend worked, but the GUI was garbled (as described above).

aZZe · Post by **aZZe** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 4:31 pm

Hi!

After I followed the instructions my default language in gnome changed from German to English. Why doesn't Gentoo use the the default language anymore taht is defined in /etc/env.d/02locale?

/etc/env.d/02locale

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ANG="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_ALL="de_DE.UTF-8"

Another problem is the gnome menu is empty when I set these settings to /etc/slim.conf:

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login_cmd       exec ck-launch-session gnome-session

If I leave it to

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login_cmd           exec /bin/bash -login /usr/share/slim/Xsession %session

everything is ok but I don't have a shutdown button.

Any suggestions?

printf · Post by **printf** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:45 pm

aZZe wrote:Hi!

After I followed the instructions my default language in gnome changed from German to English. Why doesn't Gentoo use the the default language anymore taht is defined in /etc/env.d/02locale?

/etc/env.d/02locale
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ANG="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_ALL="de_DE.UTF-8"
Another problem is the gnome menu is empty when I set these settings to /etc/slim.conf:
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login_cmd       exec ck-launch-session gnome-session
If I leave it to
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login_cmd           exec /bin/bash -login /usr/share/slim/Xsession %session
everything is ok but I don't have a shutdown button.

Any suggestions?

i had similar problem too.
look here: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-65 ... ml#6587239

aZZe · Post by **aZZe** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:59 pm

???

I don't see any similar problems in this thread

Anon-E-moose · Post by **Anon-E-moose** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 2:42 pm

aZZe wrote:Another problem is the gnome menu is empty when I set these settings to /etc/slim.conf:

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XDG_MENU_PREFIX="gnome-"

is probably not being passed on

try adding it to your .bash_profile/.profile script (and export the variable)

aZZe · Post by **aZZe** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 6:33 pm

.bash_profile:

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# /etc/skel/.bash_profile

# This file is sourced by bash for login shells.  The following line
# runs your .bashrc and is recommended by the bash info pages.
[[ -f ~/.bashrc ]] && . ~/.bashrc
export XDG_MENU_PREFIX="gnome-"

Sorry that didn't solve the problem.

Anon-E-moose · Post by **Anon-E-moose** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 6:58 pm

aZZe wrote:.bash_profile:

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# /etc/skel/.bash_profile

# This file is sourced by bash for login shells.  The following line
# runs your .bashrc and is recommended by the bash info pages.
[[ -f ~/.bashrc ]] && . ~/.bashrc
export XDG_MENU_PREFIX="gnome-"

Sorry that didn't solve the problem.

I didn't say put it in the system directory,
if you put it there I'm not sure it gets updated without env-update/etc-update or a system bounce,
it's always preferable to put it in ~/.bash_profile and re-login

what does "ls .config/menus/ /etc/xdg/menus/" return
what does "cat ~/.bash_profile" return
what does "grep XDG /etc/env.d/*" return

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