Attemp to connect to main namespace xserver from a child namespace: minor changes.

src/netns/protocol.py

@@ -506,14 +506,14 @@ class Client(object):
         except:
             return None
        
-       
     def _send_x11_fd(self):
         fd = self._create_x_socket()
         if fd is not None:
             self._send_fd('X11', fd.fileno())
+
     def spawn(self, argv, executable = None,
             stdin = None, stdout = None, stderr = None,
-            cwd = None, env = None, user = None):
+            cwd = None, env = None, user = None, X = False):
         """Start a subprocess in the slave; the interface resembles
         subprocess.Popen, but with less functionality. In particular
         stdin/stdout/stderr can only be None or a open file descriptor.
@@ -552,6 +552,7 @@ class Client(object):
             if stderr != None:
                 self._send_fd("SERR", stderr)
 
+            if X == True:
                 self._send_x11_fd()
         except:
             self._send_cmd("PROC", "ABRT")

src/netns/subprocess_.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class Subprocess(object):
     default_user = None
     def __init__(self, node, argv, executable = None,
             stdin = None, stdout = None, stderr = None,
-            shell = False, cwd = None, env = None, user = None):
+            shell = False, cwd = None, env = None, user = None, X = False):
         self._slave = node._slave
         """Forks and execs a program, with stdio redirection and user
         switching.
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ class Subprocess(object):
         numerical UID is given, a reverse lookup is performed to find the user
         name and then set correctly the groups.
 
+        The `X` parameter indicates if the subprocess will use the x11 server
+
         To run the program in a different directory than the current one, it
         should be set in `cwd'.
 
@@ -64,7 +66,7 @@ class Subprocess(object):
         # happens in another process!
         self._pid = self._slave.spawn(argv, executable = executable,
                 stdin = stdin, stdout = stdout, stderr = stderr,
-                cwd = cwd, env = env, user = user)
+                cwd = cwd, env = env, user = user, X=X)
 
         node._add_subprocess(self)
 
@@ -130,7 +132,7 @@ class Popen(Subprocess):
 
     def __init__(self, node, argv, executable = None,
             stdin = None, stdout = None, stderr = None, bufsize = 0,
-            shell = False, cwd = None, env = None, user = None):
+            shell = False, cwd = None, env = None, user = None, X = False):
         """As in Subprocess, `node' specifies the netns Node to run in.
 
         The `stdin', `stdout', and `stderr' parameters also accept the special
@@ -164,7 +166,7 @@ class Popen(Subprocess):
         super(Popen, self).__init__(node, argv, executable = executable,
                 stdin = fdmap['stdin'], stdout = fdmap['stdout'],
                 stderr = fdmap['stderr'],
-                shell = shell, cwd = cwd, env = env, user = user)
+                shell = shell, cwd = cwd, env = env, user = user, X = X)
 
         # Close pipes, they have been dup()ed to the child
         for k, v in fdmap.items():
@@ -303,6 +305,9 @@ def spawn(executable, argv = None, cwd = None, env = None, close_fds = False,
             if env is None:
                 env = {}
             env['DISPLAY'] = 'unix:0'
+	        if 'NETNS_LD_PRELOAD' in os.environ:
+                env['LD_PRELOAD'] = os.environ['NETNS_LD_PRELOAD']
+	        else:
                 env['LD_PRELOAD'] = 'src/lib/libconnectwrapper.so'
 	        env['NETNS_X11_FD'] = str(x11)
 

test/test_x11.py

@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 import netns
 import os
 
-netns.environ.set_log_level(netns.environ.LOG_DEBUG)
+#netns.environ.set_log_level(netns.environ.LOG_DEBUG)
 
 n = netns.Node()
 err = file('/tmp/out_y', 'wb')
-a = n.Popen(['xterm'], stderr = err)
+a = n.Popen(['xterm'], stderr = err, X = True)
 a.wait()