This morning a handful of workstations got upgraded from 6.3 to 6.4 and things seemed to be functional, until we tried to log in to one of our instrument accounts that for various reasons uses olvwm/openwin as the desktop (and no, I don't have the option of changing that at this time). The desktop appears to load correctly, and mouse-focus and clicking appears to work, but the .openwin-menu entries no longer function other than clicking "exit" to log out of the session. I've tried reinstalling xview and xview-client rpms, but that doesn't resolve it. I don't think it's an issue with the user account, as the underlying commands work when I su and execute them in an xterm. I was also able to reproduce the problem on three separate computers. I don't usually have to deal with these desktop issues so I'm hella rusty when it comes to debugging them. Does anyone have any tidbits to point me in the right direction to fix this? (Hopefully soon, since we are supposed to use this account for observations tonight) -- Thanks! Miranda
Miranda Hawarden-Ogata wrote:> This morning a handful of workstations got upgraded from 6.3 to 6.4 and > things seemed to be functional, until we tried to log in to one of our > instrument accounts that for various reasons uses olvwm/openwin as the > desktop (and no, I don't have the option of changing that at this time). > The desktop appears to load correctly, and mouse-focus and clicking > appears to work, but the .openwin-menu entries no longer function other > than clicking "exit" to log out of the session. I've tried reinstalling > xview and xview-client rpms, but that doesn't resolve it. I don't think > it's an issue with the user account, as the underlying commands work > when I su and execute them in an xterm. I was also able to reproduce the > problem on three separate computers. > > I don't usually have to deal with these desktop issues so I'm hella > rusty when it comes to debugging them. Does anyone have any tidbits to > point me in the right direction to fix this? (Hopefully soon, since we > are supposed to use this account for observations tonight)Could there be a) a permission problem; b) is selinux enabled? c) how are the home directories mounted (I assume that/s where the .openwin-menu files are). Observatory? Kek? Mauna Kea? mark
On 03/21/2013 04:06 PM, Miranda Hawarden-Ogata wrote:> This morning a handful of workstations got upgraded from 6.3 to 6.4 and > things seemed to be functional, until we tried to log in to one of our > instrument accounts that for various reasons uses olvwm/openwin as the > desktop (and no, I don't have the option of changing that at this time). > The desktop appears to load correctly, and mouse-focus and clicking > appears to work, but the .openwin-menu entries no longer function other > than clicking "exit" to log out of the session. I've tried reinstalling > xview and xview-client rpms, but that doesn't resolve it. I don't think > it's an issue with the user account, as the underlying commands work > when I su and execute them in an xterm. I was also able to reproduce the > problem on three separate computers. > > I don't usually have to deal with these desktop issues so I'm hella > rusty when it comes to debugging them. Does anyone have any tidbits to > point me in the right direction to fix this? (Hopefully soon, since we > are supposed to use this account for observations tonight)There is a newer version of xorg-x11-server with 6.4 ... maybe you need to recompile your window manager with the newer devel files. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20130321/e7e8d190/attachment-0001.sig>
On 2013/03/21 11:44, Johnny Hughes wrote:> On 03/21/2013 04:06 PM, Miranda Hawarden-Ogata wrote: >> This morning a handful of workstations got upgraded from 6.3 to 6.4 and >> things seemed to be functional, until we tried to log in to one of our >> instrument accounts that for various reasons uses olvwm/openwin as the >> desktop (and no, I don't have the option of changing that at this time). >> The desktop appears to load correctly, and mouse-focus and clicking >> appears to work, but the .openwin-menu entries no longer function other >> than clicking "exit" to log out of the session. I've tried reinstalling >> xview and xview-client rpms, but that doesn't resolve it. I don't think >> it's an issue with the user account, as the underlying commands work >> when I su and execute them in an xterm. I was also able to reproduce the >> problem on three separate computers. >> >> I don't usually have to deal with these desktop issues so I'm hella >> rusty when it comes to debugging them. Does anyone have any tidbits to >> point me in the right direction to fix this? (Hopefully soon, since we >> are supposed to use this account for observations tonight) > There is a newer version of xorg-x11-server with 6.4 ... maybe you need > to recompile your window manager with the newer devel files. >Thanks for the suggestion. I did try downgrading xorg-x11-server (and all its little friends) to the 6.3 versions, but that did not fix the problem. I've also tried rebuilding the xview set from the src rpm, but I wasn't able to get it to build in the not-too-long while that I spent on it yesterday. On the bright-ish side, my sup is kind of saying: we were planning to go this route eventually, maybe we just do it now. I just wish it had been on ~my~ schedule! Thankfully I don't have ~too~ many accounts to revamp and people to educate on the 'new' desktops. Thanks! Miranda