[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#483831: Bug#483831: xfce4-sensors-plugin: an annoying warning at every start.

Yves-Alexis Perez corsac at debian.org
Tue Jun 10 05:28:48 UTC 2008


retitle 483831 xfce4-sensors-plugin should only warn once about setuid hddtemp
thanks
On sam, 2008-05-31 at 15:24 +0200, Manolo Díaz wrote:
> Hi,

Please, when you report a bug, put the text where reportbug tell you
too. *before* all the info on your install. Thanks.

> 
> _Every time_ I start an xfce session, xfce4-sensors-plugin shows an
> annoying warning: it correctly guesses that hddtemp isn't setuid root
> on
> my system, and it won't be without a very good reason.
> 
> So please consider:
> 
> 1. Provide a method to disable the warning.
> 
> or even better
> 
> 2. Make the plugin gets hard disks status data through the TCP
> protocol.
> Hddtemp gives information on port 7634 (by default; you can customize
> it) and no root privileges are needed.

No it's not. And I'm not sure having a daemon running and listening on
tcp port, even localhost, is really better.

In any case, it should warn the first time about hddtemp and setuid
stuff, but not after.

stay tuned,
-- 
Yves-Alexis
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