-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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
What is the output of `/etc/init.d/dbus needsme` and `/etc/init.d/dbus usesme`, and are any of the listed services started? - -- ABCD -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAknlGMYACgkQOypDUo0oQOrTYQCfR8tnx21lO3N7vDjZPUuNxUCc veQAoIj1SQpD6mpr7D/CzeYfuGMPihwg =QsjF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
