[maemo-developers] Running multiple maemo-launchers?

[From: Qole]

Hi,

I'm trying to run Mer apps and Maemo apps side by side, but there seems to
be some conflict between the two versions of maemo-launcher.

Once the Mer maemo-launcher starts running, Maemo apps (the ones dependent
on maemo-launcher) quit launching, even though the Maemo version of
maemo-launcher is still running.

I notice that one of the parameters of maemo-launcher is "--pidfile" which
has the following listed in the help file:

  --pidfile FILE      Specify a different pid file (default
/tmp/maemo-launcher.pid).

It would seem that this has the possibility for two or more maemo-launchers
to share the system, by using two different "PID files," but I can't see any
way to specify which maemo-launcher to use in the documentation of
maemo-invoker.

As it is now, the most recently launched maemo-launcher takes all the
maemo-invoker calls, leaving the older maemo-launcher (still running, in the
shadows) leaning against the wall, feeling lonely. And so the non-Mer apps
fail to start, because the Mer maemo-launcher stares blankly at the Maemo
apps and says, "I'm sorry, do I know you?"

Any suggestions?

Perhaps this is a request I should be making to the Mer team? ("Make a mer
version of maemo-invoker that is capable of choosing which maemo-launcher to
use")

By the way, I notice this same behaviour when running apps in Fremantle
Alpha Scratchbox...

Interesting behaviour if I try to run a Diablo maemo-launcher on top of the
Mer version:

I issue the following command:

~ $ maemo-invoker browser

maemo-launcher responds with:

maemo-launcher: invoking '/usr/bin/browser'
maemo-launcher: died loading invoked application: '/usr/bin/browser: cannot
dynamically load executable'
maemo-launcher: child (pid=2657) terminated due to exit()=1

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