Hi Tom, Tom Horsley wrote: > I found the dbus-monitor program that can tell me what sort of > info is being broadcast on the dbus system bus. That's all > very nice, but a far more interesting question is: Who the > heck is listening for these system dbus events? Anyone > know of an easier way to find the answer than examining the > source code of every running app on the system? > you probably want to check http://dbus.freedesktop.org/doc/dbus-tutorial.html Hth Alex -- Alexander Apprich science + computing ag Senior System Engineer Hagellocher Weg 71-75 phone +49(0)7071 9457-291 D-72070 Tuebingen, Germany fax +49(0)7071 9457-211 www.science-computing.de s+c certificates via http://www.science-computing.de/cacert.crt -- Vorstand/Board of Management: Dr. Bernd Finkbeiner, Dr. Florian Geyer, Dr. Roland Niemeier, Dr. Arno Steitz, Dr. Ingrid Zech Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats/ Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Prof. Dr. Hanns Ruder Sitz/Registered Office: Tuebingen Registergericht/Registration Court: Stuttgart Registernummer/Commercial Register No.: HRB 382196