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This initializes threads for glib and dbus, because under some
circumstances multithreaded libraries are causing dbus badness
(namely, gnome-vfs). This fix doesn't really belong in Gaim, but in
the interest of expedience (we don't want to wait for upstream
libraries to get their initializations all worked around to make
things safe) the fix goes here. Note that all Gaim frontends will
have to initialize glib threads if other threaded libraries which
interact with glib or dbus or what-have-you come into play.
committer: Tailor Script <tailor@pidgin.im>
author | Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im> |
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date | Mon, 14 Aug 2006 21:46:17 +0000 |
parents | 2eca9ed49469 |
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This file describes how to compile and run gaim with dbus support. Hopefully, most of the steps from point 3 will soon be automated. 1. Make sure you have the latest version (0.34) of the dbus library installed, including glib bindings. http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/dbus 2. Compile gaim ./configure --enable-dbus make make install 3. Configure your dbus instalation for gaim A. Find your dbus session configuration file, usually /etc/dbus-1/session.conf B. In that file, find the <servicedir> section. This section contains the directory that stores files describing services, usually /usr/share/dbus-1/services C. Copy src/dbus-gaim.service to that directory D. Edit the dbus-gaim.service file you've just copied, and replace the path in the "Exec=" line with the path to your gaim executable. 4. Start Session DBUS if you haven't done it already eval `dbus-launch --session` export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS DBUS_SESSION_BUS_PID These commands will set the two above shell variables. These variables must be set before running any dbus-aware programs. Start gaim as usual. To communicate with it, use "gaim-send". When you execute gaim-send, the dbus system will automatically start a gaim process if one is not running already.