On Fri, 2008-07-11 at 07:31 -0700, 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? > > > 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 > /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? > > The GUI, from the menu "System", "Administration", "Services" is a link to "usr/share/system-config-services/gui.py" I wonder if they are inter-related someway. How does your "gui.py" script compare with a fresh copy? I think re-installs don't always replace everything. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
