F9: Problem with Services tool

[Dan Thurman]

Rick Stevens wrote:
>
> Dan Thurman wrote:
> > Nigel Henry wrote:
> >>
> >> On Friday 11 July 2008 16:31, Dan Thurman wrote:
> >> > Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
> >> > > Somehow, the system-conf-services tool stopped working.
> >> > > Starting this brings up the tool, it hangs with a blank list
> >> > > and 'No services selected' in a greyed out right panel.
> >> > >
> >> > > I tried to remove and reinstall system-conf-services but
> >> > > it does not help.
> >> > >
> >> > > What can I do to fix this?
> >> > >
> >> > > Thanks!
> >> > > Dan
> >> >
> >> > Isn't there anyone that can help me solve this one?  I am really
> >> > pulling out my hair over this supposedly *simple* program
> >> > and I cannot for the life of me figure out why this sucker hangs!
> >> >
> >> > Please tell me what I can do to debug this sucker to understand
> >> > WHY it hangs.  I have an strace but who wants it?  What does
> >> > system-config-services require for proper functioning?
> >> >
> >> > Yes, I have pored over the man pages and it mentions hanging
> >> > but *very* limited data.  FYI: it worked until I did *something*
> >> > (like install many packages) and somehow it broke it.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks!
> >> > Dan
> >>
> >> Hi Dan. I don't know why the services tool stopped working for you,
> >> but /sbin/chkconfig is the CLI tool to stop and start services, and
> >> looking
> >> in synaptic on my FC2 install under system-config-services, chkconfig
> >> is a
> >> dep for it, so it looks like system-config-services is just a 
> graphical
> >> frontend to chkconfig.
> >>
> >> What do you get if you su to root on the CLI, and run chkconfig? It
> >> should
> >> give you the following options.
> >>
> >> [root at localhost djmons]# /sbin/chkconfig
> >> chkconfig version 1.3.9 - Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Red Hat, Inc.
> >> This may be freely redistributed under the terms of the GNU Public
> >> License.
> >>
> >> usage:   chkconfig --list [name]
> >>          chkconfig --add <name>
> >>          chkconfig --del <name>
> >>          chkconfig [--level <levels>] <name> <on|off|reset>)
> >> [root at localhost djmons]#
> >>
> >> /sbin/chkconfig --list shows the current state of all services
> >>
> >> It may be worth a look, as chkconfig appears to be the backend to the
> >> system-config-services GUI.
> >>
> >> 2¢ worth of perhaps nothing.
> >>
> >> Nigel.
> >>
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> > Funnyingly, chkconfig was the only tool that saved me in
> > en/disabling services that I did not want and yes, it works.
> >
> > I wonder, however, if chkconfig is improperly set for
> > s-c-s to be able to hook to it.  Hm.
> >
> > # chkconfig -v
> > chkconfig version 1.3.37
> >
> > Permissions:
> > -rwxr-xr-x  root root system_u:object_r:bin_t:s0       /sbin/chkconfig
> >
> > Other than the version difference, it looks ok to me, how about you?
>
> /usr/bin/system-config-services is a symlink to /usr/bin/consolehelper.
> consolehelper is a part of the "usermode" RPM.  Perhaps consolehelper is
> screwed up?
>
Yes, you are correct.  But I have not been able to test this.  I
cannot run it to check it out.  How does one test this?

Thanks for the pointer!
Dan