SLES11 - lots of errors streaming by when trying to bring up yast2 gui

2010-01-08 Thread Bernie Wu
Hi List, When I try to bring up yast2 , I see a whole lot of errors streaming by and eventually, the gui pops up. The last screen full looks like this: ** (y2controlcenter-gnome:7344): WARNING **: error accessing /desktop/gnome/applications/y2cc-gnome/cc_actions_list [Failed to contact config

Re: SLES11 - lots of errors streaming by when trying to bring up yast2 gui

2010-01-08 Thread Marian Gasparovic
adn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind." --- On Fri, 1/8/10, Bernie Wu wrote: > From: Bernie Wu > Subject: SLES11 - lots of errors streaming by when trying to bring up yast2 > gui > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: Friday,

Re: SLES11 - lots of errors streaming by when trying to bring up yast2 gui

2010-01-08 Thread Bernie Wu
LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: SLES11 - lots of errors streaming by when trying to bring up yast2 gui Hi Bernie, how do you run it ? I start vncserver, connect there via vncviewer from my desktop and run yast2 from xterm. I get no error at all. Are you using full blown desktop ? I see som

Re: SLES11 - lots of errors streaming by when trying to bring up yast2 gui

2010-01-08 Thread Marian Gasparovic
rnie Wu > Subject: Re: SLES11 - lots of errors streaming by when trying to bring up > yast2 gui > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: Friday, January 8, 2010, 4:33 PM > Hi Marian, > On my desktop, I use Xming to start the Xserver. > On my guest, I export DISPL

Re: SLES11 - lots of errors streaming by when trying to bring up yast2 gui

2010-01-08 Thread Bernie Wu
Marian, Don't you need the X Window System group ? Initially, I installed the 4 groups ( your 3 + the X Window group ) and I seem to run into some sort of problem ( I don't remember what the errors were ) and then I went on and installed the Gnome Desktop group and the Print Server group. I will

Re: SLES11 - lots of errors streaming by when trying to bring up yast2 gui

2010-01-08 Thread Bernie Wu
Marian, But your 3 groups do not provide nice/cute little icons when you go into yast2. If I wanted icons, I think the X window group is needed. I think the flexibility to use icons (yast2) or ncurses (yast) should be available. The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only

Re: SLES11 - lots of errors streaming by when trying to bring up yast2 gui

2010-01-08 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 1/8/2010 at 12:00 PM, Bernie Wu wrote: > Marian, > But your 3 groups do not provide nice/cute little icons when you go into > yast2. If I wanted icons, I think the X window group is needed. > I think the flexibility to use icons (yast2) or ncurses (yast) should be > available. There ar

Re: SLES11 - lots of errors streaming by when trying to bring up yast2 gui

2010-01-08 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 1/8/2010 at 10:33 AM, Bernie Wu wrote: > Hi Marian, > On my desktop, I use Xming to start the Xserver. > On my guest, I export DISPLAY to my desktop. > I then issue "yast2" If you use the X forwarding feature of your SSH client, and you have the xorg-x11-xauth package installed on your L

Re: SLES11 - lots of errors streaming by when trying to bring up yast2 gui

2010-01-08 Thread Bernie Wu
Thanks Mark. I do have xorg-x11-xauth installed and I do have x forwarding turned on in my /etc/ssh/sshd_config. So what do I have to do to bring up yast2 without exporting my display ? TIA Bernie The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the personal and confidentia

Re: SLES11 - lots of errors streaming by when trying to bring up yast2 gui

2010-01-08 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 1/8/2010 at 01:58 PM, Bernie Wu wrote: > Thanks Mark. > I do have xorg-x11-xauth installed and I do have x forwarding turned on in my > /etc/ssh/sshd_config. > So what do I have to do to bring up yast2 without exporting my display ? Just make sure your SSH client has X forwarding turned

Re: SLES11 - lots of errors streaming by when trying to bring up yast2 gui

2010-01-08 Thread Bernie Wu
Thanks Mark. That's where I fell short. > Just make sure your SSH client has X forwarding turned on. I modified my PuTTY configuration, and now I don't have to export my display. The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recip

Re: SLES11 - lots of errors streaming by when trying to bring up yast2 gui

2010-01-08 Thread Marian Gasparovic
splay). === Marian Gasparovic === "The mere thought hadn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind." --- On Fri, 1/8/10, Bernie Wu wrote: > From: Bernie Wu > Subject: Re: SLES11 - lots of errors streaming