ABRT service not running

rohith88 · #1 10th March 2010, 02:06 AM

Whenever I log into Fedora, an icon (a triangle with an exclamation mark) pops up in the main panel . When I move the mouse over it, the following is displayed. ABRT service not running.

I restarted the service from the service configuration window but there was no difference. How do I configure it to run always???

Any help would be appreciated.

GoinEasy9 · #2 10th March 2010, 02:15 AM

That is a bug notification. Did you click on the icon and see what else the notification has to say? It might tell you why it's not running. Which version of Fedora are you running? If you post the output here, we might be able to help.

gregg · #3 3rd April 2010, 06:42 AM

I am having the same problem.
Clicking on the triangle does nothing. You can right-click it for Hide, Quit, about. That's all.

Fedora 12 new install.

CSchwangler · #4 3rd April 2010, 07:21 AM

Can you show the output of

Code:

# chkconfig --list|grep abrt
abrtd          	0:off	1:off	2:off	3:on	4:off	5:on	6:off

The abrt service should be on at runlevel 3.

If it is not:

Code:

chkconfig --level abrtd on

If it is already set, the look into /var/log/messages for any errors related to abrtd and post them here.

#5 3rd April 2010, 07:44 AM

I would just get rid of ABRT altogether... IMO it is pretty lousy.

BrianMicek · #6 4th April 2010, 07:01 AM

rohith88, I ditched it also ... I am also anti-NetworkManager.

I think this is the command I issued to get rid of it:

Code:

yum erase abrt

I think this is a new service for Fedora 12 which I run on a laptop and a firewall. I think its purpose is to potentially send core files back to developers when something bad happens. A core file contains the complete memory image of a process at a point in time. It sounds like a service no one would want.