dbus startup at system startup.

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Mar 24, 2009, at 14:22, Frank J. R. Hanstick wrote:

> On Mar 24, 2009, at 8:50 AM, Frank J. R. Hanstick wrote:
>
>> 	At system startup, I get the following error messages sent to  
>> system.log:
>>
>> Mar 24 08:40:11 localhost launchd: org.macports.dbus: respawning  
>> too quickly! throttling
>> Mar 24 08:40:11 localhost launchd: org.macports.dbus: 9 more  
>> failures without living at least 60 seconds will cause job removal
>> Mar 24 08:40:11 localhost launchd: org.macports.dbus: will restart  
>> in 10 seconds

[snip]

>> 	I installed dbus via sudo port install dbus and entered:
>>
>> launchctl load /Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus- 
>> session.plist
>>
>> as directed; yet, I still get these error messages at system  
>> startup time.  How do I get them to stop?
>
> 	I figured out the problem.  Somehow, the plist associated with  
> org.macports got inserted into LaunchDaemons.  I removed it and the  
> dbus messages stopped appearing.  Great when I can solve my own  
> problems once in a while.

The dbus port is supposed to install the file org.macports.dbus.plist  
into /Library/LaunchDaemons, and the file org.freedesktop.dbus- 
session.plist into /Library/LaunchAgents. At least, it does so on my  
system. I have never attempted to start them though.