Re: Yumex problem

2013-08-24 Thread g
On 08/24/2013 11:53 AM, Frank wrote: <> I thought so :) you would. :=P tho i just now noticed you are bing with s. <<>> icewm btw, are you using 'icewm' because of it's simplicity or low memory usage? i have some maintenance disk with it. it seems ok, just never tried it. <<

Re: Yumex problem

2013-08-24 Thread Frank
On 08/24/2013 12:37 PM, g wrote: On 08/24/2013 09:26 AM, Frank wrote: On 08/23/2013 09:33 PM, g wrote: On 08/23/2013 08:19 PM, Frank wrote: <<>> There is no section header in my yumex.conf file. The first line is "yumex" then comes various keywords. do you have "yumex" or "[yume

Re: Yumex problem

2013-08-24 Thread g
On 08/24/2013 09:26 AM, Frank wrote: On 08/23/2013 09:33 PM, g wrote: On 08/23/2013 08:19 PM, Frank wrote: <<>> There is no section header in my yumex.conf file. The first line is "yumex" then comes various keywords. do you have "yumex" or "[yumex]"? [yumex] that is a _sectio

Re: Yumex problem

2013-08-24 Thread Frank
On 08/23/2013 09:33 PM, g wrote: On 08/23/2013 08:19 PM, Frank wrote: <> There is no section header in my yumex.conf file. The first line is "yumex" then comes various keywords. do you have "yumex" or "[yumex]"? [yumex] is it preceded with spaces? no what fedora release

Re: Yumex problem

2013-08-23 Thread g
On 08/23/2013 08:57 PM, poma wrote: <> /etc/yumex.conf [yumex] autorefresh = 1 recentdays = 14 proxy = exclude = debug = 0 color_install = darkgreen color_update = red color_normal = black color_obsolete = blue plugins = 1 yumdebuglevel = 2 /etc/yumex.profiles.conf [main] lastprofile = yum-en

Re: Yumex problem

2013-08-23 Thread g
*OOPS* On 08/23/2013 08:17 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 08/23/13 06:23, Jim wrote: fedora 18 / KDE I have problems starting Yumex, something about backend not running. Yum runs normal doing installs or updates 15:20:54 : DEBUG - Initialize yum backend - BEGIN 15:20:54 : DEBUG - Setup START

Re: Yumex problem

2013-08-23 Thread poma
On 23.08.2013 20:07, Frank wrote: > On 23/08/13 12:47 PM, Jim wrote: >> On 08/23/2013 02:09 AM, g wrote: >>> >>> hello jim, >>> >>> "this tape will self destruct if yum quits" ;=) >>> >>> >>> On 08/22/2013 05:23 PM, Jim wrote: fedora 18 / KDE I have problems starting Yumex, somethin

Re: Yumex problem

2013-08-23 Thread g
On 08/23/2013 08:17 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 08/23/13 06:23, Jim wrote: fedora 18 / KDE I have problems starting Yumex, something about backend not running. Yum runs normal doing installs or updates 15:20:54 : DEBUG - Initialize yum backend - BEGIN 15:20:54 : DEBUG - Setup START A

Re: Yumex problem

2013-08-23 Thread g
On 08/23/2013 08:19 PM, Frank wrote: <> There is no section header in my yumex.conf file. The first line is "yumex" then comes various keywords. do you have "yumex" or "[yumex]"? is it preceded with spaces? what fedora release? what desktop? what release/version? do you normally run

Re: Yumex problem

2013-08-23 Thread Frank
On 08/23/2013 09:14 PM, g wrote: On 08/23/2013 06:57 PM, Jim wrote: On 08/23/2013 06:18 PM, g wrote: On 08/23/2013 03:32 PM, Jim wrote: <<>> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/iniparse/ini.py", line 565, in _readfp raise MissingSectionHeaderError(fname, linecount, line) /

Re: Yumex problem

2013-08-23 Thread Ed Greshko
On 08/23/13 06:23, Jim wrote: > fedora 18 / KDE > > I have problems starting Yumex, something about backend not running. > > Yum runs normal doing installs or updates > > 15:20:54 : DEBUG - Initialize yum backend - BEGIN > 15:20:54 : DEBUG - Setup START At this point you should be getting a

Re: Yumex problem

2013-08-23 Thread g
On 08/23/2013 06:57 PM, Jim wrote: On 08/23/2013 06:18 PM, g wrote: On 08/23/2013 03:32 PM, Jim wrote: <<>> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/iniparse/ini.py", line 565, in _readfp raise MissingSectionHeaderError(fname, linecount, line) /*NOTE* MissingSectionHeaderError:

Re: Yumex problem

2013-08-23 Thread Jim
On 08/23/2013 06:18 PM, g wrote: On 08/23/2013 03:32 PM, Jim wrote: On 08/23/2013 02:07 PM, Frank wrote: <<>> Yumex runs yum as a backend...so the yumex.conf file must have use_sudo=1 in it. Its located on my 19 system as $HOME/.config/yumex On my system sudo is configured to give roo

Re: Yumex problem

2013-08-23 Thread g
On 08/23/2013 03:32 PM, Jim wrote: On 08/23/2013 02:07 PM, Frank wrote: <<>> Yumex runs yum as a backend...so the yumex.conf file must have use_sudo=1 in it. Its located on my 19 system as $HOME/.config/yumex On my system sudo is configured to give root access without a password. YMMV.

Re: Yumex problem

2013-08-23 Thread Frank
On 08/23/2013 04:32 PM, Jim wrote: On 08/23/2013 02:07 PM, Frank wrote: On 23/08/13 12:47 PM, Jim wrote: On 08/23/2013 02:09 AM, g wrote: hello jim, "this tape will self destruct if yum quits" ;=) On 08/22/2013 05:23 PM, Jim wrote: fedora 18 / KDE I have problems starting Yumex, somethi

Re: Yumex problem

2013-08-23 Thread Joe Zeff
On 08/23/2013 01:32 PM, Jim wrote: I put the use_sudo=1 in the first line of ~/.config/yumex... My version doesn't have that. Checking with alacarte, the command used is simply /usr/bin/yumex and when I run it, the first thing that happens after the window opens is that beesu pops up askin

Re: Yumex problem

2013-08-23 Thread g
hi frank, jim, On 08/23/2013 01:07 PM, Frank wrote: <> Yumex runs yum as a backend...so the yumex.conf file must have use_sudo=1 in it. Its located on my 19 system as $HOME/.config/yumex interesting. what release/virgin are you running? what desktop? i am holding off from fedora un

Re: Yumex problem

2013-08-23 Thread Jim
On 08/23/2013 02:07 PM, Frank wrote: On 23/08/13 12:47 PM, Jim wrote: On 08/23/2013 02:09 AM, g wrote: hello jim, "this tape will self destruct if yum quits" ;=) On 08/22/2013 05:23 PM, Jim wrote: fedora 18 / KDE I have problems starting Yumex, something about backend not running. Yum r

Re: Yumex problem

2013-08-23 Thread Frank
On 23/08/13 12:47 PM, Jim wrote: On 08/23/2013 02:09 AM, g wrote: hello jim, "this tape will self destruct if yum quits" ;=) On 08/22/2013 05:23 PM, Jim wrote: fedora 18 / KDE I have problems starting Yumex, something about backend not running. Yum runs normal doing installs or updates

Re: Yumex problem

2013-08-23 Thread g
On 08/23/2013 11:47 AM, Jim wrote: <> When running Yumex, and it Fails, nothing shows up in /var/log/yum.log. Nothing shows up about Yumex Failed in /var/log/messages. then i guess the tape self destructed. :=D iirc, and with my chemo memory not messing with my recall too badly, there is a

Re: Yumex problem

2013-08-23 Thread Jim
On 08/23/2013 02:09 AM, g wrote: hello jim, "this tape will self destruct if yum quits" ;=) On 08/22/2013 05:23 PM, Jim wrote: fedora 18 / KDE I have problems starting Yumex, something about backend not running. Yum runs normal doing installs or updates i am not up on yum or yumex other

Re: Yumex problem

2013-08-22 Thread g
hello jim, "this tape will self destruct if yum quits" ;=) On 08/22/2013 05:23 PM, Jim wrote: fedora 18 / KDE I have problems starting Yumex, something about backend not running. Yum runs normal doing installs or updates i am not up on yum or yumex other than to say that _yumex_ is t

Yumex problem

2013-08-22 Thread Jim
fedora 18 / KDE I have problems starting Yumex, something about backend not running. Yum runs normal doing installs or updates $ yumex -d 15:20:52 : INFO - Using config file : /home/jim/.config/yumex/yumex.conf 15:20:52 : INFO - Using config file : /home/jim/.config/yumex/yumex.conf 15:20:52 :

Re: Yumex problem - no network connection

2010-07-14 Thread g
Thomas Taylor wrote: > Thanks for your reply, G. JB tipped me off to that too, I'll check it out > tomorrow. Time for bed, the old eyes are getting bleary. welcome. yes, jb replied while i was writing up what i found at yumex site. so, if you are using 2.9.6 or higher, you should be 'good t

Re: Yumex problem - no network connection

2010-07-14 Thread Thomas Taylor
On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 07:32:53 + g wrote: > Thomas Taylor wrote: > > > > Hi G; > >> *yumex* is seeing the network connection as disabled because it is > >> checking for connection thru 'gui'. > > > > I'm not using a gui network connection but ifup method if that is what > > you're saying. >

Re: Yumex problem - no network connection

2010-07-14 Thread Thomas Taylor
On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 07:16:46 + (UTC) JB wrote: > JB gmail.com> writes: > > > > > Thomas Taylor comcast.net> writes: > > > > > > > > For some reason Yumex returns an error message saying "Not connected to an > > > network. Do you want to continue". However Yum works as expected running

Re: Yumex problem - no network connection

2010-07-14 Thread g
Thomas Taylor wrote: > Hi G; >> *yumex* is seeing the network connection as disabled because it is >> checking for connection thru 'gui'. > > I'm not using a gui network connection but ifup method if that is what > you're saying. ok. then i understand that you are using 'ifup' via a terminal.

Yumex problem - no network connection

2010-07-14 Thread JB
JB gmail.com> writes: > > Thomas Taylor comcast.net> writes: > > > > > For some reason Yumex returns an error message saying "Not connected to an > > network. Do you want to continue". However Yum works as expected running > > updates. > > > man yumex > yumex ... –disable-netcheck ... >

Yumex problem - no network connection

2010-07-14 Thread JB
Thomas Taylor comcast.net> writes: > > For some reason Yumex returns an error message saying "Not connected to an > network. Do you want to continue". However Yum works as expected running > updates. > man yumex yumex ... –disable-netcheck ... Fedora/Red Hat bugs: bugzilla.redhat.com/ JB

Re: Yumex problem - no network connection

2010-07-13 Thread Thomas Taylor
On Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:27:26 -0400 "Darr" wrote: > On Wednesday, 14 July, 2010 @01:56 zulu Thomas Taylor scribed: > > > Where else should I look? > > Did you try > # yum update yumex > ? > > FWIW, I do not recall ever seeing that message from yumex, > even when I didn't have a connection to t

Re: Yumex problem - no network connection

2010-07-13 Thread g
Thomas Taylor wrote: > For some reason Yumex returns an error message saying "Not connected to an > network. Do you want to continue". However Yum works as expected running > updates. i had same problems. *yumex* is seeing the network connection as disabled because it is checking for connection

Re: Yumex problem - no network connection

2010-07-13 Thread Darr
On Wednesday, 14 July, 2010 @01:56 zulu Thomas Taylor scribed: > Where else should I look? Did you try # yum update yumex ? FWIW, I do not recall ever seeing that message from yumex, even when I didn't have a connection to the network. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To un

Yumex problem - no network connection

2010-07-13 Thread Thomas Taylor
For some reason Yumex returns an error message saying "Not connected to an network. Do you want to continue". However Yum works as expected running updates. I'm just re-learning Fedora after about five years in other distros and haven't been able to find the source of this error. ~/.yumex.conf