yumex terminates

[Michael D. Setzer II]

I've seen a similar problem with yumex after updates. 
Only way I get it to work is to use su.
su -
yumex --root

It runs fine then, but does give an error about the back end when 
closing.

On 12 Jun 2012 at 14:41, don fisher wrote:

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> I am running f16 with updates applied a couple of weeks ago. I tried
> to run yumex to see what ne packages might be available. I received
> the following:
> 
> /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/guihelpers/__init__.py:256:
> GtkWarning: gtk_scrolled_window_add(): cannot add non scrollable
> widget use gtk_scrolled_window_add_with_viewport() instead
>    self.add_from_file(filename)
> 14:19:24 : DEBUG - network interface em1 (b44) is connected
> 14:19:34 : INFO - Connected to an network
> 14:19:34 : DEBUG - network interface em1 (b44) is connected
> 14:19:34 : INFO - Starting yum child process
> 14:19:37 : INFO - YUM: Error executing command as another user: Not
> authorized 14:20:03 : ERROR - ERROR: Fatal Error : backend-not-running
> 14:20:03 : ERROR - ERROR: backend not running as expected (yumex will
> close) 14:20:03 : INFO - yum backend process is ended 14:20:03 : INFO
> - yum backend process is ended Program Terminated
> 
> I hope this is not me forgetting to do something obvious.
> 
> Don
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