Traceroute Icon
 

Hi,

I am using redhat 9 with gnome. When I click on the traceroute ICON in the "start menu" nothing happens. I got the properties and it is set to run xmtr. It used to work and I can use xmtr from a terminal window if I specify the host or IP.

What happened to it?

I am vnc'ed in as root and it does nothing.
If I vnc in as another user and try to launch it, it will ask for the root password and then nothing.
same thing if I log on locally...


Also I don't have a the "traceroute" command .. when I type traceroute from a termial window I get unknown command .. but I can use the xmtr .. is this normal?

This may be a problem with your PATH configurations. First I suggest that you find out where xmtr and traceroute are located, if anywhere:

find / -iname "*xmtr*"

find / -iname "*traceroute*"

Then look at your PATH to see if these commands are libraries on the PATH:

echo $PATH

Check all of your PATHs. You will have different PATHs for root, user and vnc (which I assume is something like su).

As a side note; on my system xmtr is called mtr and the man pages are man mtr.



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Thanks,

I found traceroute and I am now able to use the command. Strange, I did nothing but search for it. After it showed up, I was able to use it.

Do you know how I can make a working launcher for xmtr. As I mentioned, there used to be one and it worked. At a later time I tried to launch it and nothing happened. However, I could always use the command in the terminal window as long as I put in an IP or hostname after it. I looked at the man files for mtr and cannot find anything about this. I made a new launcher that points to the xmtr file but nothing happens. Nothing happens when I browse to xmtr and double click..

"I made a new launcher that points to the xmtr file but nothing happens."

My xmtr icon starts /usr/local/sbin/mtr and it works every time.

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I dont have anything in usr/local/sbin. could this be the problem. I am thinking that my traceroute icon problems may have happened after using up2date.. Ugh I dont understand what is wrong or how to find the solution to this problem.. I tried google with all different variables and cannot find the information.. I am going to back up my config files and format

You can get mtr from:

ftp://ftp.bitwizard.nl/mtr/

and install it yourself. If you want to change the tar.gz file to a rpm then use checkinstall:

http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/index.php

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Thanks Jailbait but I already have the latest mtr installed. I am just unable to make a working laucher for it.

" I am just unable to make a working laucher for it."

Wierd. If mtr exists and you are unable to run it using the full path name for mtr then perhaps it is a permissions/ownership problem. You could check the permissions of mtr and every directory in the path name for mtr.



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Thanks...

I checked owenership and root has permission. I am trying to run the launcher as root.

Should I be able to run it by double clicking on the mtr file?

Of course I can run mtr and xmtr from a command prompt.. this is just confusing to me.

This is such a small problem but now I wonder what else is not set up correctly. Do I somehow need to re-register the file with gnome or something? Do I need to make a sym link?

"Do I somehow need to re-register the file with gnome or something?"

If you can run mtr from a gnome-terminal using the full path name then you should be able to run mtr from a gnome desktop icon or menu entry by using the full path name.

If you haven't already done so set up a new gnome desktop icon with the application name the full path to mtr and see what happens.



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hmm okay I uninstalled mtr-gtk-0.52-2.i386.rpm then reinstalled .. and the traceroute icon is back in my menu.!!!!! but it still doesn't work. ugh. Do you think this can be resolved without fomatting?

jailbait.. I just saw your post and I tried making another launcher that uses the whole path but nothing, I can use it from terminal without specifying path.. is there any way to remove everything that xmtr depends on and reinstall all that?

Is there anyway i can clear the installed RPM database and have it re-query the actual RPMS to make sure which version is installed. I think this problem may have started after a bad up2date session

"Is there anyway i can clear the installed RPM database and have it re-query the actual RPMS to make sure which version is installed. "

I don't know how to use the Red Hat automated installer. I can tell you how to do it with command line rpm:

rpm -qa > /root/data/my.rpm.list.txt
will create a file with the name of every installed rpm.

rpm -e packagename will remove an old package

rpm -i /pathname/packagename.rpm
will install a new package

You should read the install and uninstall sections in man rpm so you know what to do if you run into complications.


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Made some progress

If I make a new launcher for "Tracroute" and specify
xmtr <ip or hostname>

as the path .. it will work.

I can't figure out why the default one doesn't> this is getting ridiculous. I tried to install an older version of xmtr to see if that makes a difference but I am told I am missing libncurses.... I went to redhat website and looked for this RPM but couldn't find it. Certainly someone on this forum must know why traceroute is not working.