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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