I've seen a similar problem with yumex after updates. Only way I get it to work is to use su. su - yumex --root It runs fine then, but does give an error about the back end when closing. On 12 Jun 2012 at 14:41, don fisher wrote: Date sent: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:41:27 -0700 From: don fisher <hdf3@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: yumex terminates Send reply to: Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:users-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscrib e> <mailto:users-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe > > I am running f16 with updates applied a couple of weeks ago. I tried > to run yumex to see what ne packages might be available. I received > the following: > > /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/guihelpers/__init__.py:256: > GtkWarning: gtk_scrolled_window_add(): cannot add non scrollable > widget use gtk_scrolled_window_add_with_viewport() instead > self.add_from_file(filename) > 14:19:24 : DEBUG - network interface em1 (b44) is connected > 14:19:34 : INFO - Connected to an network > 14:19:34 : DEBUG - network interface em1 (b44) is connected > 14:19:34 : INFO - Starting yum child process > 14:19:37 : INFO - YUM: Error executing command as another user: Not > authorized 14:20:03 : ERROR - ERROR: Fatal Error : backend-not-running > 14:20:03 : ERROR - ERROR: backend not running as expected (yumex will > close) 14:20:03 : INFO - yum backend process is ended 14:20:03 : INFO > - yum backend process is ended Program Terminated > > I hope this is not me forgetting to do something obvious. > > Don > > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have > a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org +----------------------------------------------------------+ Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor Guam Community College Computer Center mailto:mikes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:msetzerii@xxxxxxxxx http://www.guam.net/home/mikes Guam - Where America's Day Begins G4L Disk Imaging Project maintainer http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l/ +----------------------------------------------------------+ http://setiathome.berkeley.edu (Original) Number of Seti Units Returned: 19,471 Processing time: 32 years, 290 days, 12 hours, 58 minutes (Total Hours: 287,489) BOINC@HOME CREDITS SETI 12325009.726653 | EINSTEIN 7973135.859852 ROSETTA 4606027.868932 | ABC 13531633.225475 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
