From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adonay Felipe Nogueira Subject: Re: Continuing the work on the recipes related to GNU Ring Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 20:42:49 -0300 Message-ID: <871stmgs1y.fsf@openmailbox.org> References: <87shma18an.fsf@openmailbox.org> <87a88d3yql.fsf@openmailbox.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57142) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1crYrE-0001fA-MU for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Mar 2017 19:43:01 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1crYrA-0008VU-O7 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Mar 2017 19:43:00 -0400 Received: from lb1.openmailbox.org ([5.79.108.160]:33434 helo=mail.openmailbox.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1crYrA-0008V3-GH for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Mar 2017 19:42:56 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87a88d3yql.fsf@openmailbox.org> (Adonay Felipe Nogueira's message of "Wed, 22 Mar 2017 16:20:02 -0300") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: guix-devel@gnu.org More good news! It turns out that the XDG_DATA_DIRS bug is due to foreign distributions using some Xsession.d scripts that do tests to check if that variable is empty, and if it does exist, then they do nothing. This causes the system to simply not set XDG_DATA_DIRS to useful values for foreign distributions, thus leaving the user with a never-ending log-in loop. So what must the user do? 1. Test without setting XDG_DATA_DIRS, and take note of its value. 2. Set XDG_DATA_DIRS as Guix tells you to, however, replace the following part: ${XDG_DATA_DIRS:+:}$XDG_DATA_DIRS With the following: :[Value that you took note of, without this surrounding braces.] Now back on topic: Setting XDG_DATA_DIRS makes all problems related to having to start Ring daemon and client separatedly go away for the average user, this means that: Set that variable, and now you can simply run Ring directly. The other points I raised earlier are still valid (like: need for testing, improvement, sending patches upstream, wrong dring placement). Respectfully, Adonay. --=20 - [[https://libreplanet.org/wiki/User:Adfeno]] - Palestrante e consultor sobre /software/ livre (n=C3=A3o confundir com gratis). - "WhatsApp"? Ele n=C3=A3o =C3=A9 livre, por isso n=C3=A3o uso. Iguais a el= e prefiro Ring, ou Tox. Quer outras formas de contato? Adicione o vCard que est=C3=A1 no endere=C3=A7o acima aos teus contatos. - Pretende me enviar arquivos .doc, .ppt, .cdr, ou .mp3? OK, eu aceito, mas n=C3=A3o repasso. Entrego apenas em formatos favor=C3=A1veis = ao /software/ livre. Favor entrar em contato em caso de d=C3=BAvida. - "People said I should accept the world. Bullshit! I don't accept the world." --- Richard Stallman