[maemo-developers] roadmap maemo build -- was: Re: osso/d-bus bug?

[From: Joshua Layne]

On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:13:22 -0700, "Charles Werbick"
<roadmapformaemo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> This is my first post to this list. I've scoured the internet and the
> mailing list archives for info on this and have only found one
> unconfirmed bug report regarding it. So- Apologies in advance, if it's
> already been answered.
> 
> I'm a long time linux hacker who recently got the n810 for work
> (rdesktop+ssh+vnc==never having to lug around a laptop again ;-)
> 
> I am currently porting roadmap (http://roadmap.sourceforge.net) to
> maemo with great success. Hildonization and deb packaging are a
> breeze. But I've run into issues with d-bus service implementation
> using osso. Here's the thing-
> 

Hi Charles,

This is great news!

I seem to be cursed by my slowness, or perhaps I should say blessed.... as
I was planning on doing the same thing, but am very new to my N810 and do
not yet have the build environment complete due to lack of time.
Are you planning on submitting the changes to get it "hildonified" upstream
to the roadmap project as build options? (please please please).

Can I help in any way?  I should have a build environment up soon (next
week or two) and can certainly test any incremental builds.  I am not
worried about beta code or anything.  My N810 is so far into redpill
territory that at some point, I will have to bite the bullet and reimage
it.... :)

Also, if you are not on the roadmap listserv, could you consider joining? 
I think it could be useful to start a discussion there on target
environments - we have a LOT of diversity and lately have seen activity on
Angstrom, wince (ouch!), it would be nice to keep some high-level view.

Best Regards,
Josh

> I am able to cause an abort to dbus from userspace when starting the
> app from maemo-launcher! On the device this kills then restarts the
> entire ui. (Minus the desktop applets which do not reload.)
> 
> Note-When starting from the command line, everything works great.
> dbus-monitor shows the service, and once the app is started, clicking
> on the launch icon switches to the running app rather than start a new
> instance(as it should).
> 
> I haven't finished the callbacks yet, which is the likely cause.
> However,  it seems like osso and/or dbus should handle the situation
> more gracefully than it does.
> 
> My questions-
> 1. Has anyone else observed this behavior?
> 2. Why does d-bus abort rather than just kill the app?
> 3. What are the minimum callbacks that I need to provide in order to
> prevent this?
> 
> Any feedback would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Charles Werbick
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