maemo.org - Talk - How to run multiple maemo-launchers?

Hi,

I'm trying to run Mer apps and Maemo apps side by side, but there seems to be some conflict between the two versions of maemo-launcher.

Once the Mer maemo-launcher starts running, Maemo apps (the ones dependent on maemo-launcher) quit launching, even though the Maemo version of maemo-launcher is still running.

I notice that one of the parameters of maemo-launcher is "--pidfile" which has the following listed in the help file:

Quote:

--pidfile FILE Specify a different pid file (default /tmp/maemo-launcher.pid).

It would seem that this has the possibility for two or more maemo-launchers to share the system, by using two different "PID files," but I can't see any way to specify which maemo-launcher to use in the documentation of maemo-invoker.

As it is now, the most recently launched maemo-launcher takes all the maemo-invoker calls, leaving the older maemo-launcher (still running, in the shadows) leaning against the wall, feeling lonely. And so the non-Mer apps fail to start, because the Mer maemo-launcher stares blankly at them and says, "I'm sorry, do I know you?"

Any suggestions?

Perhaps this is a request I should be making to the Mer team? ("Make maemo-invoker capable of choosing which maemo-launcher to use")

By the way, I notice this same behaviour when running apps in Fremantle Alpha Scratchbox...

UPDATE: Interesting behaviour if I try to run a Diablo maemo-launcher on top of the Mer version:

I issue the following command:

Code:

~ $ maemo-invoker browser

maemo-launcher responds with:

Code:

maemo-launcher: invoking '/usr/bin/browser'

maemo-launcher: died loading invoked application: '/usr/bin/browser: cannot dynamically load executable'

maemo-launcher: child (pid=2657) terminated due to exit()=1