RedHat User manager GUI crashes
Rick Stevens
rstevens at vitalstream.com
Tue Jul 20 17:15:04 UTC 2004
Rick DeBay wrote:
> I ran grpck and deleted an entry for ':!::' which isn't anything that I
> entered. Strange.
Yeah, that is weird.
> Where do I suggest changes for system utilities? The manager GUI
> shouldn't have crashed, if it couldn't parse it should have at least
> shelled out to grpck, or given a message that the user should do so.
I'd suggest you report it to http://bugzilla.redhat.com
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> Subject: RE: RedHat User manager GUI crashes
>
>
>>Firebird was renamed long ago to Firefox
>
> I'm talking about the Firebird database; http://www.firebirdsql.org/ .
>
>
>>I assume you actually mean the "profile manager", not the "user
>
> manager".
> No, I mean the RedHat User Manager GUI.
Sorry, I misunderstood.
>
> When I installed Firebird for the first time using the rpm, I ended up
> with a lock on the groups and had to get rid of that and start over.
> Now I can't find any lock files, but the RedHat User Manager GUI won't
> open, and I think the rpm is stalled on trying to do something with
> groups or users.
>
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> Stevens
> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 6:01 PM
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> Subject: Re: User manager crashes
>
> Rick DeBay wrote:
>
>>I was installing an rpm for Firebird 1.5.1 and have ended up in
>
> install
>
>>hell.
>>Since the first install of Firebird 1.5.0 ended up leaving a lock file
>>so that new users couldn't be created, I looked for one but couldn't
>>find any.
>
>
> Firebird was renamed long ago to Firefox. The latest Firefox version
> is Firefox V0.9.2. The companion mail client is Thunderbird (currently
> V0.7.2)
>
> The lock file will probably be in the user's home directory's .firebird
> or .mozilla directory:
>
> ~(user)/.firebird/(profile name)/xxxxxxxx.slt/lock
> ~(user)/.mozilla/(profile name)/xxxxxxxx.slt/lock
>
> I can't recall if Firebird/Firefox shares Mozilla's settings or not, so
> check both directories (if they exist). Remember that you must include
> the "-a" option to "ls" to see files that begin with ".".
>
>
>>What I have noticed is that when I try to open the user manager, it
>>immediately closes.
>
>
> I assume you actually mean the "profile manager", not the "user
> manager".
>
>
>>What should I do at this point to debug this? I figure if I can get
>
> the
>
>>user manager to work again, Firebird installation will probably work
>>again.
>
>
> Stray lock files will do that as will stalled Mozilla/Firebird/Firefox
> sessions. Don't forget to "ps ax" to see if you have any old processes
> laying about after you delete the lock files. If so, kill them before
> trying to bring up the profile manager.
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