Re: theme manager problem

[Sam Steele <chip c99 org>]

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For the theme manager, just killall -9 fam as root after trying to
launch it and it pops right up.  The latest version of Dropline GNOME
includes an icon on the menu that does exactly this (it's labeled
"Fix hanged control center" and runs a binary with PAM-support to
kill fam and get around the root user requirements).

For the other stuff, it looks like the session manager
(gnome-session-manager) is causing the authentication problems, and I
don't know enough about that to help.

- -Sam
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From: "Barthel aus Pennswald" <barthel sbcglobal net>
To: <gnome-list gnome org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 6:27 PM
Subject: Re: theme manager problem


> On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 15:27, Sam Steele wrote:
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> > type "xhost +localhost" as the user running the X server, and
> > then any app being launched from the local system will have
> > access to the X display.
> 
> I have the same setup (Slackware 8.1, latest Dropline GNOME as of
> last night) and have been unable to successfully run
> gnome-theme-manager.  
> 
> This particular error doesn't appear to be related to X, at least
> not in a way that's resolvable with xhost.
> 
> <-- begin bash output -->
> $ xhost +
> access control disabled, clients can connect from any host
> $ sudo su
> # gnome-theme-manager
>  
> (gnome-theme-manager:11402): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting
> to session manager:
> Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication
> protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication
> failed.
> <-- end bash output -->
> 
> I was able to successfully add localhost, but not root. Secure RPC
> isn't support isn't compiled into the standard Slackware 8.1 xhost.
> Is GnomeUI requiring Secure RPC support for authentication?
> 
> FWIW, running gnome-theme-manager as a normal user stalls out. When
> running an strace, I've seen it stop in the middle of reading the
> themes.
> 
> If I create a user with no existing GNOME settings,
> gnome-theme-manager still fails in the same way, but at least
> Nautilus uses a better set of default icons. I've been unable so
> far to get the same behavior in my regular account by setting (what
> appear to be) the relevant gconf keys manually.
> 
> Barthel
> 
> > - ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Simon Wong" <linux thoughtworx com>
> > To: "Gnome List" <gnome-list gnome org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 8:19 AM
> > Subject: Re: theme manager problem
> > 
> > 
> > > On Sat, 2003-02-01 at 00:30, corner chello at wrote:
> > > > I am just trying out dropline gnome on slackware 8.1 and I
> > > > get this frome gnome-theme-manager:
> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > ---- ----------- root emerson:/home/tcorner#
> > > > gnome-theme-manager 
> > > >  
> > > > (gnome-theme-manager:15749): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While
> > > > connecting to session manager:
> > > > Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication
> > > > protocols specified are supported and host-based
> > > > authentication failed.
> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > ---- -----------  
> > > > 
> > > > What can I do about this?
> > > 
> > > I thinm it's actually an X authorisation problem.  You need to
> > > allow root to access your user X session/screen.
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