On Tue, 2002-05-28 at 12:01, J. Craig Woods wrote:
> Brian Parish wrote:
> > 
> > While the doctor is in, do you have any idea why I can ssh -X to my
> > server and run any GUI app EXCEPT DrakConf?
> > 
> > thanks
> > Brian
> > 
>  
> LOL!
> 
> Hey Brian, I wish I did. I really try to stay away from most of the GUI
> stuff that is used for network/system configuration. If I can not do it
> with "vi", then I probably do not really need it. I have seen your
> quandary posted here a time or two. Have you checked out the ownership
> and perms for the binary that launches DrakConf. There might be
> something different about it (as opposed to the other programs that do
> launch via ssh). I guess if I really needed to do what you want to do
> with DrakConf, I would first launch it locally with the CLI but I would
> do so with a strace. I would also do a strace on a program (again do all
> this at the CLI) that I can export via ssh. Start looking at what is
> different about DrakConf. Compare the two strace results, the one from
> DrakConf, and the one from the program that does work with ssh -X. See
> if anything pops up as suspicious. And totally check all log files for
> any errors that might be poping up when you are trying to export
> DrakConf. If all that fails, *yell* at the mandrake folks, such as civ
> or Vincent. After all, when it comes to Mandrake, they are really the
> *only* experts here.
> 
> Good luck,
> drjung
>  
> -- 
> J. Craig Woods

Thanks Craig,

Call me an opportunist :-)

I must admit that the longer I use linux, the less this is an issue, but
there are a couple of things that DrakConf makes quick and easy.  Hmmm -
can't think of them right now ;-)

Anyway, I appreciate the response in terms of a general method from
finding out a little more about what goes on under the hood.

cheers
Brian


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