thanks. didn't have much time to look into it yesterday.

I think i just need to rebuild dsme and libdsme, then build osso-systemui, libconic and then i can replace mce. then i just need to revert the hildon-desktop mer hack commit. i might have a play with dsme and mce to see if i can add optional support for systemd as mentioned earlier.

i have also freed up some space on the laptop for another build. as my working version is built on amd64 jessie, i'm going to set up x86 stretch to test for issues going forward and give me a way to work on ports when away from home.