[OE-core] [PATCH] xfconf: fix 'Failed to get connection to xfconfd' during do_rootfs

[Andreas Müller]

Forgot the link

[1] https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14789

On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 10:33 PM Andreas Müller <schnitzeltony at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 8:22 PM Mark Asselstine
> <mark.asselstine at windriver.com> wrote:
> Seems that there are configurations where it xfconf causes trouble
> even at runtime (not only at headless builds) [1]
>
> So adding a PACKAGECONFIG disabled by default is OK.
>
> Could you please send this to meta-oe with
>
> PACKAGECONFIG[gsettings-backend] =
> "--enable-gsettings-backend,--disable-gsettings-backend,"
>
> Thanks
>
> Andreas
> >
> > Packages such as gdk-pixbuf can result in the following error during
> > the rootfs construction:
> >   CRITICAL **: 16:51:57.223: Failed to get connection to xfconfd: Cannot autolaunch D-Bus without X11 $DISPLAY
> >
> > This is hit during the postinst-intercepts/update_pixbuf_cache.
> >
> > Based on discussions upstream this appears to be an issue for xfconf
> > and has an upstream update
> >
> > https://git.xfce.org/xfce/xfconf/commit?id=6f11cc65a2213f424728b5a0d25b1b63c19e773e
> >
> > Drawing from this change we can go ahead and use PACKAGECONFIG to
> > emulate it.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Mark Asselstine <mark.asselstine at windriver.com>
> > ---
> >
> > Guys,
> >
> > This is still broken in Yocto and I would like to see it fixed. I haven't
> > dug into the issue as much as you two so I wanted to float this fix
> > out there but hold back from calling it a proper fix. Please let
> > me know what you think or feel free to take this, evaluate it and
> > modify it into a full fledged fix.
> >
> > MarkA
> >
> >
> >  meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfconf/xfconf_4.13.6.bb | 2 ++
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfconf/xfconf_4.13.6.bb b/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfconf/xfconf_4.13.6.bb
> > index 2667ff9..22a7bc1 100644
> > --- a/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfconf/xfconf_4.13.6.bb
> > +++ b/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfconf/xfconf_4.13.6.bb
> > @@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ FILES_${PN} += "${libdir}/xfce4/xfconf/xfconfd \
> >                  ${datadir}/dbus-1/services/org.xfce.Xfconf.service"
> >
> >  FILES_${PN}-dev += "${libdir}/gio/modules/libxfconfgsettingsbackend.la"
> > +
> > +PACKAGECONFIG[gsettings-backend] = ",--disable-gsettings-backend,"
> > --
> > 2.7.4
> >
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