Re: theme manager problem

[Sam Steele <chip c99 org>]

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I hate to reply to my own post, but I just noticed this entry in the
Dropline GNOME ChangeLog:

* Updated GNOME-VFS and the Control Center to fix the Theme Manager 

So perhaps a dropline-installer --upgrade will fix the problem.  I'll
check it out when I'm on my Slack box later tonight.

- -Sam

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From: "Sam Steele" <chip c99 org>
To: <gnome-list gnome org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 6:43 PM
Subject: Re: theme manager problem


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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
> - ----- Original Message ----- 
> 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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