On Friday 11 July 2008 20:38, Dan Thurman wrote: > Nigel Henry wrote: > > On Friday 11 July 2008 16:31, Dan Thurman wrote: > > > Daniel B. Thurman wrote: > > > > Somehow, the system-conf-services tool stopped working. > > > > Starting this brings up the tool, it hangs with a blank list > > > > and 'No services selected' in a greyed out right panel. > > > > > > > > I tried to remove and reinstall system-conf-services but > > > > it does not help. > > > > > > > > What can I do to fix this? > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > Dan > > > > > > Isn't there anyone that can help me solve this one? I am really > > > pulling out my hair over this supposedly *simple* program > > > and I cannot for the life of me figure out why this sucker hangs! > > > > > > Please tell me what I can do to debug this sucker to understand > > > WHY it hangs. I have an strace but who wants it? What does > > > system-config-services require for proper functioning? > > > > > > Yes, I have pored over the man pages and it mentions hanging > > > but *very* limited data. FYI: it worked until I did *something* > > > (like install many packages) and somehow it broke it. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > Dan > > > > Hi Dan. I don't know why the services tool stopped working for you, > > but /sbin/chkconfig is the CLI tool to stop and start services, and > > looking > > in synaptic on my FC2 install under system-config-services, chkconfig > > is a > > dep for it, so it looks like system-config-services is just a graphical > > frontend to chkconfig. > > > > What do you get if you su to root on the CLI, and run chkconfig? It > > should > > give you the following options. > > > > [root@localhost djmons]# /sbin/chkconfig > > chkconfig version 1.3.9 - Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Red Hat, Inc. > > This may be freely redistributed under the terms of the GNU Public > > License. > > > > usage: chkconfig --list [name] > > chkconfig --add <name> > > chkconfig --del <name> > > chkconfig [--level <levels>] <name> <on|off|reset>) > > [root@localhost djmons]# > > > > /sbin/chkconfig --list shows the current state of all services > > > > It may be worth a look, as chkconfig appears to be the backend to the > > system-config-services GUI. > > > > 2¢ worth of perhaps nothing. > > > > Nigel. > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > Funnyingly, chkconfig was the only tool that saved me in > en/disabling services that I did not want and yes, it works. > > I wonder, however, if chkconfig is improperly set for > s-c-s to be able to hook to it. Hm. > > # chkconfig -v > chkconfig version 1.3.37 Obviously my chkconfig version is ancient, as it's on FC2, see below. [root@localhost djmons]# /sbin/chkconfig -v chkconfig version 1.3.9 [root@localhost djmons]# Not sure how to determine the permissions, as you show below, but my reply was simply to get some verification that chkconfig was working as expected. > > Permissions: > -rwxr-xr-x root root system_u:object_r:bin_t:s0 /sbin/chkconfig > > Other than the version difference, it looks ok to me, how about you? Sorry for not being able to suggest a solution to your problem. It doesn't help, that I havn't yet installed F 9. It does take some time on dialup to DL the iso's, so at the moment have no chance of reproducing your problem. Nigel. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
