retitle 635582 virt-manager hangs as non-root if not launched with --no-fork
thanks
Here is the bug report in redhat bug tracker, And it seems the bug get
fixed in fedora already:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692570
I am putting the patch in the attachment.
In addition, a new upstream release seems available.
2011/7/27 Yao Wei <m...@lxde.org>:
> Package: virt-manager
> Version: 0.8.7-1
> Severity: important
>
> The virt-manager doesn't ask me password via ssh-askpass, but it only
> shows password dialog in the termianl when running virt-manager with
> --no-fork option.
>
> If virt-manager used without --no-fork, there is no password dialog at
> all and the whole virt-manager UI will hang, and eats CPU resources
> maybe caused by busy-waiting.
>
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: wheezy/sid
> APT prefers unstable
> APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (100, 'experimental')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
>
> Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
> Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
>
> Versions of packages virt-manager depends on:
> ii gconf2 2.32.4-1 GNOME configuration database
> syste
> ii librsvg2-common 2.34.0-1 SAX-based renderer library for
> SVG
> ii python 2.6.7-1 interactive high-level
> object-orie
> ii python-dbus 0.84.0-2 simple interprocess messaging
> syst
> ii python-glade2 2.24.0-2 GTK+ bindings: Glade support
> ii python-gnome2 2.28.1-3 Python bindings for the GNOME
> desk
> ii python-gtk-vnc 0.4.3-4 VNC viewer widget for GTK+2
> (Pytho
> ii python-gtk2 2.24.0-2 Python bindings for the GTK+
> widge
> ii python-ipy 1:0.72-1 Python module for handling IPv4
> an
> ii python-libvirt 0.9.3-3 libvirt Python bindings
> ii python-support 1.0.14 automated rebuilding support for
> P
> ii python-urlgrabber 3.9.1-4 A high-level cross-protocol
> url-gr
> ii python-vte 1:0.28.1-2 Python bindings for the VTE
> widget
> ii virtinst 0.500.6-1 Programs to create and clone
> virtu
>
> Versions of packages virt-manager recommends:
> ii gnome-icon-theme 3.0.0-4 GNOME Desktop icon theme
> ii libvirt-bin 0.9.3-3 programs for the libvirt library
>
> Versions of packages virt-manager suggests:
> ii gnome-keyring 3.0.3-2 GNOME keyring services (daemon
> and
> pn hal <none> (no description available)
> ii python-gnomekeyring 2.32.0-1 Python bindings for the GNOME
> keyr
> ii ssh-askpass-gnome [ssh-askpas 1:5.8p1-5 interactive X program to prompt
> us
> ii virt-viewer 0.4.0-1 Displaying the graphical console
> o
>
> -- no debconf information
>
>
>
--
Yao Wei
diff -rup virt-manager-0.8.7/src/virt-manager.py.in foobar/src/virt-manager.py.in
--- virt-manager-0.8.7/src/virt-manager.py.in 2011-03-24 16:39:28.000000000 -0400
+++ foobar/src/virt-manager.py.in 2011-03-31 11:34:02.389991998 -0400
@@ -393,9 +393,16 @@ def main():
dbus.glib.threads_init()
import dbus.service
- # Specifically init config/gconf before the fork, so that pam
- # doesn't think we closed the app, therefor robbing us of
- # display access
+ # Now we've got basic environment up & running we can fork
+ if not options.nofork and not options.debug:
+ drop_tty()
+ drop_stdio()
+
+ # Ignore SIGHUP, otherwise a serial console closing drops the whole app
+ signal.signal(signal.SIGHUP, signal.SIG_IGN)
+
+ # Initing gconf before forking makes the app lockup on f15/rawhide...
+ # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692570
import virtManager.config
config = virtManager.config.vmmConfig(appname, appversion,
gconf_dir, glade_dir,
@@ -408,14 +415,6 @@ def main():
config.hv_packages = hv_packages
config.libvirt_packages = libvirt_packages
- # Now we've got basic environment up & running we can fork
- if not options.nofork and not options.debug:
- drop_tty()
- drop_stdio()
-
- # Ignore SIGHUP, otherwise a serial console closing drops the whole app
- signal.signal(signal.SIGHUP, signal.SIG_IGN)
-
from virtManager.engine import vmmEngine
gtk.window_set_default_icon_from_file(icon_dir + "/" +
