console-kit-daemon leaking file descriptors?

[Jonathan Chen]

On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 04:06:52PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> On Sun, 2009-04-19 at 21:04 +1200, Jonathan Chen wrote:
> > 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?
> 
> How does this sound optional:
> 
> "All users _MUST_ have procfs mounted on /proc."
> 
> That's from the HAL FAQ.

Yes, but that statement is under the section: "How do I mount media
using HAL?". I don't use HAL to mount media, so I assumed that it wouldn't
apply to me.

Maybe move the statement up to the section: "How do I use HAL on
FreeBSD?"?

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