Rick Stevens wrote:
Dan Thurman wrote:
> Nigel Henry wrote:
>>
>> On Friday 11 July 2008 16:31, Dan Thurman wrote:
>> > Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
>> > > Somehow, the system-conf-services tool stopped working.
>> > > Starting this brings up the tool, it hangs with a blank list
>> > > and 'No services selected' in a greyed out right panel.
>> > >
>> > > I tried to remove and reinstall system-conf-services but
>> > > it does not help.
>> > >
>> > > What can I do to fix this?
>> > >
>> > > Thanks!
>> > > Dan
>> >
>> > Isn't there anyone that can help me solve this one? I am really
>> > pulling out my hair over this supposedly *simple* program
>> > and I cannot for the life of me figure out why this sucker hangs!
>> >
>> > Please tell me what I can do to debug this sucker to understand
>> > WHY it hangs. I have an strace but who wants it? What does
>> > system-config-services require for proper functioning?
>> >
>> > Yes, I have pored over the man pages and it mentions hanging
>> > but *very* limited data. FYI: it worked until I did *something*
>> > (like install many packages) and somehow it broke it.
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> > Dan
>>
>> Hi Dan. I don't know why the services tool stopped working for you,
>> but /sbin/chkconfig is the CLI tool to stop and start services, and
>> looking
>> in synaptic on my FC2 install under system-config-services, chkconfig
>> is a
>> dep for it, so it looks like system-config-services is just a
graphical
>> frontend to chkconfig.
>>
>> What do you get if you su to root on the CLI, and run chkconfig? It
>> should
>> give you the following options.
>>
>> [root@localhost djmons]# /sbin/chkconfig
>> chkconfig version 1.3.9 - Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Red Hat, Inc.
>> This may be freely redistributed under the terms of the GNU Public
>> License.
>>
>> usage: chkconfig --list [name]
>> chkconfig --add <name>
>> chkconfig --del <name>
>> chkconfig [--level <levels>] <name> <on|off|reset>)
>> [root@localhost djmons]#
>>
>> /sbin/chkconfig --list shows the current state of all services
>>
>> It may be worth a look, as chkconfig appears to be the backend to the
>> system-config-services GUI.
>>
>> 2¢ worth of perhaps nothing.
>>
>> Nigel.
>>
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> Funnyingly, chkconfig was the only tool that saved me in
> en/disabling services that I did not want and yes, it works.
>
> I wonder, however, if chkconfig is improperly set for
> s-c-s to be able to hook to it. Hm.
>
> # chkconfig -v
> chkconfig version 1.3.37
>
> Permissions:
> -rwxr-xr-x root root system_u:object_r:bin_t:s0 /sbin/chkconfig
>
> Other than the version difference, it looks ok to me, how about you?
/usr/bin/system-config-services is a symlink to /usr/bin/consolehelper.
consolehelper is a part of the "usermode" RPM. Perhaps consolehelper is
screwed up?
Yes, you are correct. But I have not been able to test this. I
cannot run it to check it out. How does one test this?
Thanks for the pointer!
Dan
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