Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 SP2 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION Installation Manual page 254

10.3.28 Setting Up D-BUS for Interprocess
Many applications now rely on D-BUS for interprocess communication (IPC). Calling
dbus-launch starts dbus-daemon. The systemwide /etc/X11/xinit/
xinitrc uses dbus-launch to start the window manager.
If you have a local ~/.xinitrc file, you must change it accordingly. Otherwise ap-
plications like f-spot, banshee, tomboy, or Network Manager banshee might fail. Save
your old ~/.xinitrc. Then copy the new template file into your home directory
with:
cp /etc/skel/.xinitrc.template ~/.xinitrc
Finally, add your customizations from the saved .xinitrc.
10.3.29 NTP-Related Files Renamed
For reasons of compatibility with LSB (Linux Standard Base), most configuration files
and the init script were renamed from xntp to ntp. The new filenames are:
• /etc/slp.reg.d/ntp.reg
• /etc/init.d/ntp
• /etc/logrotate.d/ntp
• /usr/sbin/rcntp
• /etc/sysconfig/ntp
10.3.30 File System Change Notification for
For proper functionality, GNOME applications depend on file system change notification
support. For local-only file systems, install the gamin package (preferred) or run the
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Communication in .xinitrc
GNOME Applications