Bugzilla – Bug 105419
Installation - SaX replaces the Remote Administration settings
Last modified: 2008-06-25 09:52:19 UTC
There is a Remote Administration configuration in the Network Proposal, but when I enable it, SaX in the Hardware Proposal will propose its own VNC="disabled" option. SaX should use the current settings from the Network Configuration or the Remote Administration should disappear from the Network Proposal. How to reproduce: * Make a new installation. Enable the Remote Administration (with firewall) in the Network Configuration. When you get into the Hardware Configuration, skip it. Select [x] Start YaST (in the last installation dialog). When the YaST is started, go to the Network -> Remote Administration a check - it is enabled and also the firewall support for VNC too. * If you didn't skip the Hardware Configuration and [Accept] it as it was proposed, the Remote Administration would be disabled but the firewall would stay enabled.
sax never will configure VNC by default. SaX has nothing to do with that remote administration feature because this is based on xinetd/Xvnc and SaX only provide the possibility to export your current X-Server with settings made in xorg.conf... totally different stuff The proposal of sax in the installation has no code for VNC setup
But sure it is confusing to users, as we have seen a similar question asked today on research. We should use help texts to explain the difference. (Text freeze now but maybe worth it) Lukas should look into y2logs for the second case he mentioned.
people we are talking about completely different things, the possibility to export the X-Server with vnc exists since the very first versions of sax, the only thing which has changed is the GUI ;) I did not provide any VNC handling in YaST or in the proposal while installing so there is no point for explanations. IMHO I would suggest to explain that "remote administration feature" more detailed to let people understand what it does
I can't reproduce it with the minimal installation, sorry :(. It might be dependent on the KDE selection I used before - I'll try it again.
mass reopening all SuSE Linux bugs that are set to REMIND+LATER to change the resolution to WONTFIX (adapting to new policy)
Closing old LATER+REMIND bugs as WONTFIX - if you still plan to work on it, feel free to reopen and set to ASSIGNED. In case the report saw repeated reopen comments, it's due to bugzilla timing out on the huge request ;(