wwmm
Service closing when closing window
EasyEffects Version
7.1.6
What package are you using?
Gentoo
Distribution
Gentoo
Describe the bug
I have set to keep the service on closing Window:
Have to restart Pipewire, easyeffects service was closed. So I restart the GUI and have 1 process "easyeffects" running:
$ pgrep -alf easy
16170 /usr/bin/easyeffects
After closing the window, no easyeffects process exists anymore. How can I keep it running?
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After closing the window, no easyeffects process exists anymore. How can I keep it running?
If you are starting it manually you have to do easyeffects --gapplication-service. And on another terminal easyeffects for it to show its window. Usually this whole process happens automatically when clicking on our launcher icon.
Right, after a usual startup that easyeffects --gapplication-service is running and stays active after closing the easyeffects GUI. But if the service has terminated for something like a complete pipewire restart, then starting the GUI on Xfce via the provided menu item, ...that only has
Command: easyeffects
...then there is no service started and after closing the GUI nothing keeps easyeffects running.
But if the service has terminated for something like a complete pipewire restart
When PipeWire is restarted it is necessary to kill EasyEffects and restart it manually.
Sure, but the issue is that the GUI does not start the service if required. That does not conform with...
Usually this whole process happens automatically when clicking on our launcher icon.
Sure, but the issue is that the GUI does not start the service if required. That does not conform with...
That feature only works through clicks on the launcher icon and the desktop has to support dbus activation for them. I am not sure if xfce supports it.
For a setup with Xfce and OpenRC, these files are responsible for easyeffects startup: https://github.com/wwmm/easyeffects/blob/master/data/com.github.wwmm.easyeffects.desktop.in
These files are responsible for pipewire startup: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/tree/media-video/pipewire/files/pipewire.desktop-r2 https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/tree/media-video/pipewire/files/gentoo-pipewire-launcher.in-r3
dbus is available and used for several things, what does dbus activation mean?
dbus is available and used for several things, what does dbus activation mean?
For the DBusActivatable=true in the desktop file to do something the desktop has to implement the necessary communication with dbus. Take a look at https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/dbus.html. The desktop has to support this. This is the case with KDE and GNOME.
Appearently Xfce does not support it yet: https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/-/issues/193