From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB29E1381F3 for ; Thu, 11 Jul 2013 12:27:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 875BCE09C1; Thu, 11 Jul 2013 12:27:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EC83E0952 for ; Thu, 11 Jul 2013 12:27:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (shooty.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.8]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 6865E80080 for ; Thu, 11 Jul 2013 13:27:42 +0100 (BST) Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 13:27:36 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] dbus problems - am I the only one who has these? Message-ID: <20130711132736.2544c7a5@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <51DE7D49.80809@gentoo.org> References: <1373524589.2467.2@numa-i> <20130711093104.1cc796e6@hactar. digimed.co.uk> <1373535173.2467.4@numa-i> <51DE7D49.80809@gentoo.org> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.2-41-g075d16 (GTK+ 2.24.20; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/21uhDNhlh_3ehMK1Su/RAph"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: b03a3886-7238-439f-98ce-233cfb6cf4e1 X-Archives-Hash: a9e22f17b20465f560ee1ba4ccdf4494 --Sig_/21uhDNhlh_3ehMK1Su/RAph Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 11 Jul 2013 12:39:21 +0300, Samuli Suominen wrote: > >> I get this on my desktop but not my laptop, yet I have been unable to > >> find the difference that accounts for it. In the end I gave up and > >> made /usr/libexec/dbus-daemon-launch-helper world-executable :( > Making it world executable is same as giving root to every user on your=20 > system -- as it makes it possible to escalate to user 'root' or at > least group 'messagebus' I realise that, but I was unable to find a proper fix. > So... Instead, the problem is often solved by simple re-emerge: >=20 > # emerge -1 glib dbus dbus-glib Often, maybe - always, definitely not. This machine has suffered from that issue for some time and none of the suggested solutions, including that one, or a few more desperate measures, have made any difference. --=20 Neil Bothwick Never ask a geek why, just nod your head and slowly back away --Sig_/21uhDNhlh_3ehMK1Su/RAph Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlHepL4ACgkQum4al0N1GQOFbgCgwTqZCDfomfCs0tSk/0q7p/Va OdAAoNEz7esoE10FQV1/SMcsBhDGFRNA =q+Os -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/21uhDNhlh_3ehMK1Su/RAph--