On Friday, August 9, 2002, at 06:48 PM, Martin Costabel wrote:
> John Kenneth Fisher wrote: > [] >> su jkfisher -c 'cvs -z3 update -d -P' >> Good Morning, Captain. >> kCGErrorIllegalArgument : initCGDisplayState: cannot map display >> interlocks. >> kCGErrorIllegalArgument : CGSNewConnection cannot get connection port >> kCGErrorIllegalArgument : CGSNewConnection cannot get connection port >> kCGErrorInvalidConnection : CGSGetEventPort: Invalid connection >> ### execution of su failed, exit code 1 >> Failed: Updating using CVS failed. Check the error messages above. >> [Indigo:~] jkfisher% > > This happens if a user who is neither root nor owner of the Finder > tries to run certain applications, usually GUI applications. > > You have fink's cvs package installed, right? Do you really need it? If > not, remove it. Otherwise you have the choice between: > > - run selfupdate locally, i.e. while the Finder runs as jkfisher, or > - configure fink so that selfupdate is run as root > > It seems fink's cvs is linked to some system framework that prevents it > to be run remotely as non-root. Hmmm.... removing fink's cvs did indeed fix it for fink, and I thank you, but it's still failing for the softwareupdate cli command. Which, of course, is not fink's problem, but they were BOTH working last week, so if anyone does know the solution, i would greatly appreciate a heads-up. ------ John Kenneth Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.westfieldnetwork.com/ http://www.westfieldnetwork.com/malcontents/ ------ "The coroner's office said she was missing an ear. So, I'm thinking maybe we're looking for a witch. There are some great spells that work much better with an ear in the mix." "That's one fun little hobby you've got there, Will." ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
