[PATCH 0/3] libxtrans + xserver: Add support for systemd socket activation

[Peter Hutterer]

On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 04:21:12PM +0100, Hans de Goede wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> As I already mentioned in my self-introduction mail I'm a new member of
> Red Hat's graphics team. One of the first things I'll be working on is
> systemd integration, specifically support for the new systemd-logind
> org.freedesktop.login1.Session TakeControl / TakeDevice and friends dbus
> calls, which should allow Xorg to be able to run without root rights
> on Linux machines with kms graphics, for detail see:
> http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/logind/
> 
> Since I'm working on systemd integration Peter Hutterer has asked me to take
> a look at the (mostly) unrelated systemd socket activation patches Samsung
> has posted a while back:
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.freedesktop.xorg.devel/36092/focus=37694
> 
> I've reviewed and tested them, and done some minor cleanups to the
> "Enable systemd socket activation" libxtrans patch. With these cleanups
> added I believe these are ready to be pushed.
> 
> If someone wants to give these patches a test-run themselves, here are
> some simple test instructions:
> 
> 1) Create a file named /etc/systemd/system/xorg.socket with the following
> contents:
> 
> [Unit]
> Description=Xorg DISPLAY=:1.0 socket
> 
> [Socket]
> ListenStream=/tmp/.X11-unix/X1
> 
> [Install]
> WantedBy=sockets.target
> 
> 2) Create a file named /etc/systemd/system/xorg.service with the following
> contents:
> 
> [Unit]
> Description=Xorg DISPLAY=:1.0 Service
> 
> [Service]
> ExecStart=/usr/bin/Xorg :1
> 
> [Install]
> Also=xorg.socket

are these two files something we should ship with the server (as examples,
not install them) or with systemd?

Cheers,
   Peter

> 
> 3) In a terminal / on the console do:
> export DISPLAY=:1
> metacity&
> xterm
> 
> And a second X-server should start with a single xterm window managed by
> metacity.
>