gksu errors

ToddAndMargo · #1 3rd April 2010, 04:44 AM

Hi All,

Anyone what this gksu error is about (it repeats it three times)

Many thanks,
-T

gksu-2.0.0-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm

# gksu ls

GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; some possible causes are that you need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks due to a system crash. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.)

***Hlingler*** · #2 3rd April 2010, 05:07 AM

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gksu-2.0.0-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm

Is this on a Fedora OS, or some other? If on Fedora, you have the answer: this is not a Fedora package, so expect problems. If some other OS, I'll move to "Linux Chat".

V

ToddAndMargo · #3 3rd April 2010, 05:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hlingler

Is this on a Fedora OS, or some other? If on Fedora, you have the answer: this is not a Fedora package, so expect problems. If some other OS, I'll move to "Linux Chat".

V

I could not find an rpm for FC12. Since CentOS 5.4 is essentially FC6, I thought it would work. And it does. It just bitches a lot when it does.

Do yo know how to get rid of these error messages? Know of an rpm for FC12?

Many thanks,
-T

***Hlingler*** · #4 3rd April 2010, 05:41 AM

As it turns out: I was looking for exactly this RPM earlier today (which is why I responded), or alternately gnomesu and/or sux, but found none (for any Fedora release) stand-alone.

If it works (but with whining) I'd simply ignore. Probably the result of changes in GNOME and/or other related software, since RHEL5 uses much older versions. I do not know how one would fix the errors.

V

ToddAndMargo · #5 3rd April 2010, 05:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hlingler

As it turns out: I was looking for exactly this RPM earlier today (which is why I responded), or alternately gnomesu and/or sux, but found none (for any Fedora release).

If it works (but with whining) I'd simply ignore. Probably the result of changes in GNOME and/or other related software, since RHEL5 uses much older versions. I do not know how one would fix the errors.

V

I wound up putting my script in sudoers. Did you every come up with a gksu you liked?

-T

***Hlingler*** · #6 3rd April 2010, 05:53 AM

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Did you every come up with a gksu you liked?

Unfortunately, no, I found none - and gsmartcontrol won't launch from menus without one of them - and on F11/12 LXDE, I'm not willing to install gnome-libs (and deps) just to get gnomesu to launch it for me. The alternative is to launch as root ('su' or 'su -', 'sudo' is not enough) from a terminal.

But as for gksu: no, there does not appear to be a Fedora-compatible RPM (that I can find).

V