Bug 368871 - system-control-network won't start
Summary: system-control-network won't start
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: system-config-network
Version: 8
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Harald Hoyer
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
: 398151 427222 427627 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks: F8Target
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-11-06 20:49 UTC by Zack Cerza
Modified: 2008-01-12 21:12 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

Fixed In Version: 1.4.7-1.fc8
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2008-01-11 22:20:33 UTC
Type: ---
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Description Zack Cerza 2007-11-06 20:49:29 UTC
Description of problem:
When started via the menu, nothing happens. When started via terminal, the
following traceback is printed:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/system-control-network", line 484, in <module>
    window = mainDialog()
  File "/usr/bin/system-control-network", line 117, in __init__
    self.devicelist = self.getProfDeviceList()
  File "/usr/bin/system-control-network", line 406, in getProfDeviceList
    profilelist = getProfileList(refresh)
  File "/usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/NCProfileList.py", line 652,
in getProfileList
    __PFList.load()
  File "/usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/NCProfileList.py", line 75,
in load
    changed = updateNetworkScripts()
  File "/usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/NC_functions.py", line 940,
in updateNetworkScripts
    log.log(5, "Cannot write to %s" % (getRoot + "/"))
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for +: 'function' and 'str'

I'm guessing the problem is just that getRoot is missing its (), but there could
be some deeper problem.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
system-config-network-1.4.3-1.fc8

Comment 1 Harald Hoyer 2007-11-07 09:27:10 UTC
does it work, if you add the "()" ?

Comment 2 Zack Cerza 2007-11-07 16:53:57 UTC
It starts up if I add it, yes. So that will fix this bug.

It doesn't quite work properly still though, as non-root: The
Activate/Deactivate buttons need to ask for root auth instead of just failing.

Comment 3 Harald Hoyer 2007-11-08 11:40:56 UTC
/usr/bin/system-config-network asks for the root password with consolehelper.


Comment 4 Zack Cerza 2007-11-08 16:46:47 UTC
Well, it doesn't ask for the activate/deactivate buttons :)

Comment 5 Harald Hoyer 2007-11-08 17:01:20 UTC
Ah, oh... "control" .. not "config" .. :) ok.

Hmm, it should not display those devices, which are not user-controllable..
USERCTL=yes
has to be set in the ifcfg-* file. And then "Activate" "Deactivate" should work.

Comment 6 LarryT 2007-11-10 07:43:31 UTC
Hi, I am not an exact end-user, and would like to know how to fix this problem,
please.
Would you be kind enough to tell me where I have to add those two () ?
Witch file and line ?

thank you very much. I am currently stopped :-/

Comment 7 LarryT 2007-11-10 10:15:39 UTC
Ok, I got it :)

Comment 8 Riba Zoltan 2007-11-10 11:03:15 UTC
Hi, please change line number 940 in
'/usr/share/system-config-network//netconfpkg/NC_functions.py' file

from:
    log.log(5, "Cannot write to %s" % (getRoot + "/"))

to:
    log.log(5, "Cannot write to %s" % (getRoot() + "/"))
After this change the system-control-network will work.

Comment 9 Adam Pribyl 2007-11-11 16:19:26 UTC
I thing the requested info is provided, could this be fixed?

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2007-11-13 00:09:56 UTC
system-config-network-1.4.5-1.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 testing repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
 If you want to test the update, you can install it with 
 su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update system-config-network'

Comment 11 Harald Hoyer 2007-11-26 13:05:42 UTC
*** Bug 398151 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 12 NILMONI DEB 2007-11-27 16:38:06 UTC
(In reply to comment #10)
> system-config-network-1.4.5-1.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 testing 
repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug 
report.
>  If you want to test the update, you can install it with 
>  su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update system-config-network'

Could not install this update package due to bug 374801.

Comment 13 sarcastic.mannequin 2007-12-02 19:33:47 UTC
Grrrrrr!

How does stuff like this get broken? This worked in FC5 (the latest FC that I
was using). It seems FC8 is rife with bugs like this.

Are changes not tested? Is there, or is there not, a formal test plan for
testing these types of changes?

<RANT> I'm starting to believe the people that say that Fedora is a dumping
ground for RH. And I really don't want to! No offense meant. I'm just grumpy
because I uninstalled "A command-line CD/DVD recording program" (that is the
exact description in FC pkg manager) and it uninstalled *ALL* of Gnome. Sigh -
stuff like that makes me want to bang my head on the wall. </RANT>

Anyway, thanks for the fix, but how about testing changes.

Comment 14 Harald Hoyer 2007-12-03 09:38:27 UTC
err, you should read what you uninstall, before you click "Ok" :)

Comment 15 Zack Cerza 2007-12-03 17:07:38 UTC
What is the bug number for your uninstall issue?

Comment 16 Fedora Update System 2007-12-06 20:44:31 UTC
system-config-network-1.4.7-1.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 testing repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
 If you want to test the update, you can install it with 
 su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update system-config-network'

Comment 17 Hedayat Vatankhah 2008-01-03 18:56:51 UTC
*** Bug 427222 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 18 condor 2008-01-05 18:20:49 UTC
*** Bug 427627 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 19 Nicola Soranzo 2008-01-07 15:38:36 UTC
What about moving the updated package from testing to stable?

Thanks,
Nicola


Comment 20 Fedora Update System 2008-01-11 22:20:08 UTC
system-config-network-1.4.7-1.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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