Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:15:30 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: console-kit-daemon leaking file descriptors? Message-ID: <20090420031530.GA31019@osiris.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <1240171612.1354.49.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <20090418105855.GA61453@osiris.chen.org.nz> <1240080177.18976.63.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <20090418204411.GA73963@osiris.chen.org.nz> <1240092470.18976.80.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <20090418233629.GA89603@osiris.chen.org.nz> <1240109972.1354.6.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <20090419063220.GA99153@osiris.chen.org.nz> <1240123521.1354.27.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <20090419090405.GA3500@osiris.chen.org.nz> <1240171612.1354.49.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 04:06:52PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > On Sun, 2009-04-19 at 21:04 +1200, Jonathan Chen wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 02:45:21AM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > > On Sun, 2009-04-19 at 18:32 +1200, Jonathan Chen wrote: > > > > On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 10:59:32PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > [...] > > > > > Then that means you have a deeper problem. Most likely you do not have > > > > > procfs mounted on /proc. The console or /var/log/messages should have > > > > > warnings. > > > > > > > > Hmm. Yes it does. I wasn't aware that GNOME required procfs mounted. > > > > > > It's in the general GNOME FAQ and HAL FAQ. You definitely need procfs > > > mounted. > > > > The wording in both the FAQs appear to imply that procfs is optional. > > Perhaps it should be changed to say that procfs is required for GNOME > > to function correctly? > > How does this sound optional: > > "All users _MUST_ have procfs mounted on /proc." > > That's from the HAL FAQ. Yes, but that statement is under the section: "How do I mount media using HAL?". I don't use HAL to mount media, so I assumed that it wouldn't apply to me. Maybe move the statement up to the section: "How do I use HAL on FreeBSD?"? Cheers. -- Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly overhead." -- RFC 1925
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