console-kit-daemon leaking file descriptors?

Jonathan Chen jonc at chen.org.nz
Sun Apr 19 09:04:07 UTC 2009


On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 02:45:21AM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> On Sun, 2009-04-19 at 18:32 +1200, Jonathan Chen wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 10:59:32PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
[...]
> > > Then that means you have a deeper problem.  Most likely you do not have
> > > procfs mounted on /proc.  The console or /var/log/messages should have
> > > warnings.
> > 
> > Hmm. Yes it does. I wasn't aware that GNOME required procfs mounted.
> 
> It's in the general GNOME FAQ and HAL FAQ.  You definitely need procfs
> mounted.

The wording in both the FAQs appear to imply that procfs is optional.
Perhaps it should be changed to say that procfs is required for GNOME
to function correctly?

Cheers.
-- 
Jonathan Chen <jonc at chen.org.nz>
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