[Patch] Auto-Close dbus-daemon when unused

[Thiago Macieira]

On Thursday 24 September 2015 11:58:21 Leon Winter wrote:
> we are running a Debian-based thin client setup with a central big machine
> and several lightweight clients. Since users run normal desktop
> applications like evince or firefox, dbus-daemons for their sessions are
> started. When they log out however, the dbus-daemons continue to linger
> around. Often only a single application during the whole session requires
> dbus. Yet after the dbus-daemon is initially launched, it sticks around.
> This all results in many dbus-daemon processes running without any use.
> Thus for our setup we would like the dbus-daemon to automatically terminate
> when it is not actually used any more. To accomplish just that, we patched
> dbus to keep track of the connected clients and auto-launched services.
> Additionally it sets up a timer. Once the timer expires, dbus checks if
> anyone actually uses it and conditionally quits.

Why is your session not over?

The daemon is killed off automatically when the session exits. Maybe the 
problem is how you're starting the session in the first place.

You should use dbus-launch to launch your session:

	dbus-launch --exit-with-session your-session-script
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