Why is xfconfd running?

[Kevin Fenzi]

On Sun, 5 Jun 2011 13:59:39 -0400
Tom Horsley <horsley1953 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I just switched my system to use fedora 15 by default
> with my custom X session that runs fvwm and (mostly) saves
> me from the incessant changes of gnome and kde.
> 
> Almost as soon as I'd started my first login session
> I got a popup identifying itself as some xfce program
> and telling me updates were available.
> 
> Running ps, I find I'm running /usr/lib64/xfce4/xfconf/xfconfd,
> which I certainly didn't start with any kind of deliberate
> action. I find a org.xfce.Xfconf.service file defined
> among the /usr/share/dbus-1/services/, but I thought that
> stuff only started on request (there are about 90 services
> defined in there, and xfconfd is the only one I find running).
> 
> Who the devil would have requested that this service start?

Likely it was launched when you ran some Xfce related app/applet that
wanted to save or check settings stored in xfconf. 

It should exit when idle or not queried in a while... 

kevin
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