--- smeserver-affa-1.0.0/root/sbin/e-smith/affa.desktop	2008-05-27 14:03:17.000000000 +0200
+++ smeserver-affa-1.0.0/root/sbin/e-smith/affa	2008-05-27 14:08:38.000000000 +0200
@@ -797,12 +797,12 @@
 	if( $job{'remoteHostName'} eq 'localhost' )
 		{
 		lg( "signaling pre-backup event on localhost" );
-		@cmd=('/sbin/e-smith/signal-event',"pre-backup");
+		@cmd=('/sbin/e-smith/signal-event',"pre-backup", "desktop");
 		}
 	else
 		{
 		lg( "signaling pre-backup event on ". $job{'remoteHostName'} );
-		@cmd=('/usr/bin/ssh', '-o', "HostKeyAlias=$jobname", '-p', $job{'sshPort'}, $sshQuiet, $job{'remoteHostName'},"/sbin/e-smith/signal-event pre-backup");
+		@cmd=('/usr/bin/ssh', '-o', "HostKeyAlias=$jobname", '-p', $job{'sshPort'}, $sshQuiet, $job{'remoteHostName'},"/sbin/e-smith/signal-event pre-backup desktop");
 		}
 	not ExecCmd( @cmd, 0 ) or affaErrorExit( "signaling pre-backup event failed." );
 	}