Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 18:18:21 -0500 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: "Kevin Miller" <fotrefofosisfi@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gnome-system-tools problems (still) Message-ID: <op.ttiwcvqb9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> In-Reply-To: <46672954.2080000@gmail.com> References: <4665EE5F.3000306@gmail.com> <op.ttia4og29aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <46672954.2080000@gmail.com>
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On Wed, 06 Jun 2007 16:38:28 -0500, Kevin Miller <fotrefofosisfi@gmail.com> wrote: > Jeremy Messenger wrote: >> On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:14:39 -0500, Kevin Miller >> <fotrefofosisfi@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I posted this message a couple weeks ago but I guess nobody saw it, or >>> whatever. >>> >>> I have tried updating my cvs sources and updating packages, but am >>> still having the same problems. Maybe someone will see this that will >>> have an idea. >>> >>> I am running FreeBSD 6.2 with gnome 2.18.1 compiled and installed from >>> ports. >>> >>> I am having problems with all of the tools, specifically the >>> shares-admin, and services-admin. >>> >>> None of the gnome-system-tools, even the ones that work, ask for a >>> password if logged in as a normal user. I've tried removing user from >>> wheel group, and they still never ask. >>> >>> > ---- snippity ---- >>> >>> samba, and gnome are running, as well as dbus, polkitd, avahi, the >>> system-tools-backends, and hal. I get no errors on startup from those. >>> >>> Any suggestions? >> >> The system-tools-backend and gnome-system-tools need some love from >> someone to get them port full. >> >> Cheers, >> Mezz >> > > Sounds about right... So, am I not the only one to have this problem, or > is there anything that can be suggested I do? Hack and port it. :-) Other way is to use real ways such as there are tools that are available in base system. For example, if you want to add a new user, use adduser. If you need to edit network, edit in /etc/*. Cheers, Mezz > Thanks -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team - FreeBSD Multimedia Hat (ports, not src) http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org http://wiki.freebsd.org/multimedia - multimedia@FreeBSD.org
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