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Date:      Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:06:52 -0400
From:      Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
To:        Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
Cc:        freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: console-kit-daemon leaking file descriptors?
Message-ID:  <1240171612.1354.49.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
In-Reply-To: <20090419090405.GA3500@osiris.chen.org.nz>
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>

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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 h=
ave
> > > > warnings.
> > >=20
> > > Hmm. Yes it does. I wasn't aware that GNOME required procfs mounted.
> >=20
> > It's in the general GNOME FAQ and HAL FAQ.  You definitely need procfs
> > mounted.
>=20
> 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.

Joe

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