Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 85220
Traceback when run from virtual console or xterm via "setup"
Last modified: 2007-04-18 12:51:40 EDT
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20030206 Description of problem: Running the Text Mode Setup Utility ("setup") from either a xterm or a virtual console, and selecting "Timezone configuration", results in an error. If you do this on a virtual console, the error quickly flashes away and the main menu of the Text Mode Setup Utility is redrawn. If you do this inside an xterm in a X session, the error is visible on the commandline : Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/redhat-config-date/timeconfig.py", line 29, in ? from timezone_map_gui import ZoneTab File "/usr/share/redhat-config-date/timezone_map_gui.py", line 18, in ? import gtk File "/usr/src/build/218821-i386/install/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py", line 43, in ? RuntimeError: could not open display Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: No protocol specified This can be resolved by entering "xhost +" before starting this, this makes the Timezone Configuration part of setuptool work properly inside an xterm. However, on a virtual console this does not work (ofcourse). But for text mode only installs the Timezone Configuration should always work inside a virtual console. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. (on a virtual console) "# setup" -> Timezone Configuration. 2. (inside a xterm) "# setup" -> Timezone Configuration. 3. Actual Results: (on a virtual console) -> screen flashes -> error not readable -> returns to main menu (inside a xterm) -> traceback -> Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/redhat-config-date/timeconfig.py", line 29, in ? from timezone_map_gui import ZoneTab File "/usr/share/redhat-config-date/timezone_map_gui.py", line 18, in ? import gtk File "/usr/src/build/218821-i386/install/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py", line 43, in ? RuntimeError: could not open display Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: No protocol specified Expected Results: - The Timezone Configuration should work both in text mode on a virtual console and in X inside a X terminal. - "xhost +" should not be a requirement for running this tool in X. Additional info: Tried the following versions on a fresh Phoebe 8.0.94 installation : Phoebe 8.0.94 -> setuptool-1.11-1.src.rpm Rawhide -> setuptool-1.12-1.src.rpm Phoebe 8.0.94 -> redhat-config-date-1.5.9-6 Rawhide -> redhat-config-date-1.5.9-7
Created attachment 91807 [details] Patch to seperate zonetab functionality from timezone map The base problem was the timeconfig.py needed the zonetab but it did not need the gtk baggage along with it.
Created attachment 91839 [details] Console patch that does not break gui tool (-; Basically the same patch, but I managed to break the gui tool with the other one.
Doh! I looked at bug #90185 before I looked at this one and wound up implenting your patch almost verbatim! Great minds must think alike. :) I should have looked at this report first. At any rate, redhat-config-date-1.5.10-1 should fix the problem and should appear in Rawhide soon. Thanks for the work on the patch...I'm sorry I didn't see it earlier. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 90185 ***
Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.