Yumex problem

[Jim]

On 08/23/2013 02:07 PM, Frank wrote:
> On 23/08/13 12:47 PM, Jim wrote:
>> On 08/23/2013 02:09 AM, g wrote:
>>>
>>> hello jim,
>>>
>>> "this tape will self destruct if yum quits"  ;=)
>>>
>>>
>>> On 08/22/2013 05:23 PM, Jim wrote:
>>>> fedora 18 / KDE
>>>>
>>>> I have problems starting Yumex, something about backend not running.
>>>>
>>>> Yum runs normal doing installs or updates
>>>
>>> i am not up on yum or yumex other than to say that
>>>
>>>    _yumex_ is the _front_end_ to _yum_ the _back_end_.
>>>
>>> therefore, have you looked at
>>>
>>>    /var/log/yum.log?
>>>
>>> when yumex gives problems
>>>
>>> > 15:21:08 : ERROR - ERROR: Fatal Error : backend-not-running
>>> > 15:21:08 : ERROR - ERROR: Backend not running as expected
>>>
>>> is telling you that _yum_ has stopped.
>>>
>>> not much to offer, but something to do because you do not mention
>>> if you have checked it. possibly something goes wrong when yum is
>>> run thru extender.
>>>
>>> hth until better help comes along. :=)
>>>
>>> much luck.
>>>
>>
>>
>> When running Yumex, and it Fails, nothing shows up in /var/log/yum.log.
>>
>> Nothing shows up about Yumex Failed in /var/log/messages.
>
>
>   Yumex runs yum  as a backend...so the yumex.conf file must have
>
> use_sudo=1 in it. Its located on my 19 system as $HOME/.config/yumex
>
> On my system sudo is configured to give root access without a 
> password. YMMV.
>
>
> Regards
>
> Frank

I put the  use_sudo=1 in the first line of ~/.config/yumex and then I 
ran yumex as user and got this Error message;

  [jim at localhost Desktop]$ yumex
16:05:16 : INFO - Using config file : /home/jim/.config/yumex/yumex.conf
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/bin/yumex", line 42, in <module>
     app = YumexApplication(backend)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yumexgui/__init__.py", line 
199, in __init__
     self.cfg = YumexOptions()
   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yumexbase/conf.py", line 73, 
in __init__
     self.conf_settings = self.get_yumex_config()
   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yumexbase/conf.py", line 93, 
in get_yumex_config
     parser.read(CONF_FILE)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/iniparse/compat.py", line 99, 
in read
     self.data._readfp(fp)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/iniparse/ini.py", line 565, in 
_readfp
     raise MissingSectionHeaderError(fname, linecount, line)
MissingSectionHeaderError: File contains no section headers.
file: /home/jim/.config/yumex/yumex.conf, line: 1
'\xef\xbb\xbf[yumex]\n'


But I found out that if I run Yumex as SU by using this command, "yumex 
--root"  it will force it to run.