Hi Guys,

I need some assistance here. I am not able to view the GUI for network in the RED HAT EL5. Below will be the error msg:

Component: system-config-network
Version: 1.3.99.18
Summary: TB0a0f70ae maindialog.py:602:hydrateProfiles:TypeError: sequence item not a string or unicode object

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/sbin/system-config-network-gui", line 167, in main
window = mainDialog()
File "/usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/gui/maindialog.py", line 248, in __init__
self.hydrate()
File "/usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/gui/maindialog.py", line 392, in hydrate
self.hydrateProfiles()
File "/usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/gui/maindialog.py", line 602, in hydrateProfiles
hclist.append([host.IP, host.Hostname,
TypeError: sequence item not a string or unicode object

Local variables in innermost frame:
profilelist: ProfileList.default.ActiveDevices.1=eth0
ProfileList.default.ActiveDevices.2=eth1
ProfileList.default.ActiveDevices.3=eth2
ProfileList.default.ActiveDevices.4=eth3
ProfileList.default.HostsList.1.Comment=# Do not remove the following line, or various programs
ProfileList.default.HostsList.1.isComment=true
ProfileList.default.HostsList.2.Comment=# that require network functionality will fail.
ProfileList.default.HostsList.2.isComment=true
ProfileList.default.HostsList.3.Comment=
ProfileList.default.HostsList.3.IP=BOLMDDV101
ProfileList.default.HostsList.4.Comment=
ProfileList.default.HostsList.4.IP=10.23.1.221
ProfileList.default.HostsList.4.Hostname=BOLMDDVI02
ProfileList.default.HostsList.5.Comment=
ProfileList.default.HostsList.5.IP=127.0.0.1
ProfileList.default.HostsList.5.Hostname=BOLMDDVI02
ProfileList.default.HostsList.5.AliasList.1=localhost.localdomain
ProfileList.default.HostsList.5.AliasList.2=localhost
ProfileList.default.HostsList.6.Comment=
ProfileList.default.HostsList.6.IP=::1
ProfileList.default.HostsList.6.Hostname=localhost6.localdomain6
ProfileList.default.HostsList.6.AliasList.1=localhost6
ProfileList.default.DNS.SecondaryDNS=
ProfileList.default.DNS.Domainname=
ProfileList.default.DNS.Hostname=BOLMDDVI02
ProfileList.default.DNS.TertiaryDNS=
ProfileList.default.DNS.PrimaryDNS=
ProfileList.default.Active=true
ProfileList.default.ProfileName=default

name: Common
hclist: <gtk.CList object (GtkCList) at 0x2b5df89e62d0>
self: <netconfpkg.gui.maindialog.mainDialog instance at 0x2b5df89e0368>
host: Host.Comment=
Host.IP=BOLMDDV101

prof: Profile.ActiveDevices.1=eth0
Profile.ActiveDevices.2=eth1
Profile.ActiveDevices.3=eth2
Profile.ActiveDevices.4=eth3
Profile.HostsList.1.Comment=# Do not remove the following line, or various programs
Profile.HostsList.1.isComment=true
Profile.HostsList.2.Comment=# that require network functionality will fail.
Profile.HostsList.2.isComment=true
Profile.HostsList.3.Comment=
Profile.HostsList.3.IP=BOLMDDV101
Profile.HostsList.4.Comment=
Profile.HostsList.4.IP=10.23.1.221
Profile.HostsList.4.Hostname=BOLMDDVI02
Profile.HostsList.5.Comment=
Profile.HostsList.5.IP=127.0.0.1
Profile.HostsList.5.Hostname=BOLMDDVI02
Profile.HostsList.5.AliasList.1=localhost.localdomain
Profile.HostsList.5.AliasList.2=localhost
Profile.HostsList.6.Comment=
Profile.HostsList.6.IP=::1
Profile.HostsList.6.Hostname=localhost6.localdomain6
Profile.HostsList.6.AliasList.1=localhost6
Profile.DNS.SecondaryDNS=
Profile.DNS.Domainname=
Profile.DNS.Hostname=BOLMDDVI02
Profile.DNS.TertiaryDNS=
Profile.DNS.PrimaryDNS=
Profile.Active=true
Profile.ProfileName=default

row: 0

How can I fix the problem? Please assist. Thank you.

You open a terminal and enter

system-config-network

and you get what output?

Please look at:
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-16862
... any help?

Thanks! It works! Great!

Thanks again!