+static gboolean
+init_eventlogger (ELHomeApplet *self)
+{
+ ELHomeAppletPrivate *priv = self->priv;
+
+ priv->eventlogger = rtcom_el_new ();
+
+ /* check that db is initialized */
+ gpointer *db = NULL;
+ g_object_get (priv->eventlogger, "db", &db, NULL);
+ if (!db) {
+ static int trial = 0;
+
+ g_object_unref (priv->eventlogger);
+ priv->eventlogger = NULL;
+
+ if (trial == 0) {
+ trial++;
+ priv->init_timer = g_timeout_add_seconds (5,
+ (GSourceFunc)init_eventlogger,
+ self);
+ return TRUE; /* return value doesn't matter */
+ }
+ else if (trial < 5) {
+ trial++;
+ return TRUE;
+ }
+ else {
+ g_error ("Failed to init eventlogger");
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+ }
+
+ g_signal_connect (priv->eventlogger,
+ "new-event",
+ G_CALLBACK (new_event_cb),
+ self);
+ g_signal_connect (priv->eventlogger,
+ "event-updated",
+ G_CALLBACK (new_event_cb),
+ self);
+ g_signal_connect (priv->eventlogger,
+ "event-deleted",
+ G_CALLBACK (new_event_cb),
+ self);
+ g_signal_connect (priv->eventlogger,
+ "all-deleted",
+ G_CALLBACK (all_deleted_cb),
+ self);
+ g_signal_connect (priv->eventlogger,
+ "refresh-hint",
+ G_CALLBACK (refresh_hint_cb),
+ self);
+
+ add_new_idle (self);
+
+ priv->init_timer = 0;
+
+ return FALSE;
+}
+