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Bug 609029 - gnome-screensaver should be a D-Bus service
gnome-screensaver should be a D-Bus service
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-screensaver
Classification: Deprecated
Component: general
CVS HEAD
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: gnome-screensaver maintainers
gnome-screensaver maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-02-04 22:30 UTC by Marc Deslauriers
Modified: 2010-06-21 21:00 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
patch to setup gnome-screensaver as a D-Bus service (2.78 KB, patch)
2010-02-04 22:30 UTC, Marc Deslauriers 		none Details | Review
Proper git format patch. (3.35 KB, patch)
2010-02-05 17:47 UTC, Marc Deslauriers 		none Details | Review

Description Marc Deslauriers 2010-02-04 22:30:47 UTC 
Created attachment 153044 [details] [review]
patch to setup gnome-screensaver as a D-Bus service

Since the gnome-screensaver daemon needs to be running for screen locking to work reliably, it should be a D-Bus service. This would ensure it gets respawned when it crashes.
Comment 1 Marc Deslauriers 2010-02-05 17:47:28 UTC 
Created attachment 153099 [details] [review]
Proper git format patch.

Here's the same patch in git format.
Comment 2 William Jon McCann 2010-06-21 21:00:10 UTC 
Fixed in a slightly different way.  Thanks for the report.