Bug 463116 - yumex - RuntimeError: could not open display
Summary: yumex - RuntimeError: could not open display
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: yumex
Version: rawhide
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Tim Lauridsen
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-09-21 22:08 UTC by Flóki Pálsson
Modified: 2008-09-23 07:18 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2008-09-23 07:18:19 UTC
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Description Flóki Pálsson 2008-09-21 22:08:40 UTC
Description of problem:
Can not start yumex from menu or terminal.
It is possible to run yumex from another client with ssh connection ( ssh -Y floki.n.n ).
When started from terminal then window for root password appears. 
After typing password and enter, then nothing happes.  

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
yumex-2.0.4-1.fc9.noarch

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.
Start yumex from terminal.
( first after login in then root window appears, not second time )
2.
3.
  
Actual results:
[floki@dhcppc3 ~]$ yumex
No protocol specified
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/yumex/yumex.py", line 29, in <module>
    import gtk,gobject
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py", line 79, in <module>
    _init()
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py", line 67, in _init
    _gtk.init_check()
RuntimeError: could not open display

Expected results:
Se yumex 

Additional info:
Same result for starting as root. 
[root@dhcppc3 ~]# yumex

Comment 1 Flóki Pálsson 2008-09-21 22:58:20 UTC
It is possible to run yumex in KDE.

Comment 2 Tim Lauridsen 2008-09-22 18:19:43 UTC
(In reply to comment #1)
> It is possible to run yumex in KDE.

Yes, yumex is a gtk app, so it should run in KDE without any problems.

Comment 3 Tim Lauridsen 2008-09-22 18:21:09 UTC
This is not an yumex issue, it is some kind of gtk/X issue.

Try 'xhost +' and the run 'yumex'

Comment 4 Flóki Pálsson 2008-09-22 22:18:13 UTC
Thank you.
This works. 
( and solves some other problems )


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