Re: Packaging Grisbi

[Timothy Sample <samplet@ngyro.com>]

Hi Tanguy,

Looks like it’s now my turn to take my time replying!  :)

Tanguy Le Carrour <tanguy@bioneland.org> writes:

> Hi Tim
>
> Sorry it took me so long just to type 1 `cat` and 2 `ls`! ^_^'
> …
>
> Le 06/02, Timothy Sample a écrit :
>> Tanguy Le Carrour <tanguy@bioneland.org> writes:
>> > […]
>> > Le 05/30, Timothy Sample a écrit :
>> >> […]
>> >> >> > Tanguy Le Carrour <tanguy@bioneland.org> writes:
>> >> >> > > I get the following error message:
>> >> >> > >
>> >> >> > > ```
>> >> >> > > failed to commit changes to dconf:
>> >> >> > > GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown:
>> >> >> > > The name ca.desrt.dconf was not provided by any .service files
>> >> >> > > ```
>> >> […]
>> >> I applied your patch below, and everything works great for me.  It seems
>> >> this is because I am running GNOME, and GNOME puts the dconf service
>> >> file in the system profile.
>> >> 
>> >> What desktop are you running?  How is D-Bus started?
>> >> […]
>> What are the contents of the “$GDM_DBUS_DAEMON” file above?  It should
>> set it up so that D-Bus looks at the system profile and your user
>> profile.  Please check that the service file is available either in
>> 
>>   /run/current-system/profile/share/dbus-1/services/
>> or
>>   $HOME/.guix-profile/share/dbus-1/services/
>> 
>> There should be a symlink called “ca.desrt.dconf.service” in one of
>> those directories.
>
> … But I eventually did!
>
> ```
> ❯ cat /gnu/store/bp4zn8kx5p09ddn6dm7lsdlf4l0cj8g3-gdm-dbus-wrapper
> #!/gnu/store/9alic3caqhay3h8mx4iihpmyj6ymqpcx-guile-2.2.4/bin/guile --no-auto-compile
> !#
> (begin (use-modules (srfi srfi-26)) (define system-profile "/run/current-system/profile") (define user-profile (and=> (getpw (getuid)) (lambda (pw) (string-append (passwd:dir pw) "/.guix-profile")))) (define profiles (if user-profile (list user-profile system-profile) (list system-profile))) (setenv "XDG_CONFIG_DIRS" (string-join (map (cut string-append <> "/etc/xdg") profiles) ":")) (setenv "XDG_DATA_DIRS" (string-join (map (cut string-append <> "/share") profiles) ":")) (apply execl (string-append "/gnu/store/s62xzisv3mnl510m5wbf91jzzd392l6f-dbus-1.12.12" "/bin/dbus-daemon") (program-arguments)))⏎                                                                                                
>
> ❯ ls /run/current-system/profile/share/dbus-1/services/
> org.a11y.Bus.service@
>
> ❯ ls $HOME/.guix-profile/share/dbus-1/services/
> org.gnome.evince.Daemon.service@  org.knopwob.dunst.service@
> ```
>
> So, apparently the `ca.desrt.dconf.service` is missing, which would
> explain the problem. The thing is, I have no clue how it's supposed to
> be started? Is it something I missed in the doc? Or is there something
> else I need to do because I'm using bspwm?
>
> I checked my guix system config, and the service section looks rather basic:
>
> ```
> (services (append (list (set-xorg-configuration
>                            (xorg-configuration
>                             (keyboard-layout keyboard-layout))))
>                      %desktop-services))
> ```
>
> Any help welcome!

It looks like all you need to do is install “dconf”.  It should work if
you install it into your user profile either using a manifest file or
with “guix install dconf”.  (I seem to recall you tried this before, but
looking at the results above, and given my earlier success with Grisbi,
and think it’s worth another shot.)


-- Tim