MySQL Bugs: #30742: agent inst on MacOSX tries window connection even if called with "--mode text"

Bug #30742	agent inst on MacOSX tries window connection even if called with "--mode text"
Submitted:	31 Aug 2007 7:49	Modified:	22 Mar 2010 9:08
Reporter:	Carsten Segieth	Email Updates:
Status:	Verified	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Enterprise Monitor: Installing	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	1.2.0.7355...2.2.0.1651	OS:	MacOS
Assigned to:	Assigned Account	CPU Architecture:	Any
Tags:	mer 121, platforms

Description:
Even if the install is called with option '--mode text' in a ssh prompt it tries to open a window connection:

osx-tiger-ppc:/nfstmp1/merlin mysqldev$ /tmp/mysqlnetworkagent-1.2.0.7355-osx-installer.app/Contents/MacOS/installbuilder --mode text
kCGErrorRangeCheck : Window Server communications from outside of session allowed for root and console user only
INIT_Processeses(), could not establish the default connection to the WindowServer.Abort trap

How to repeat:
- open ssh connection to MacOSX
- start installer with '--mode text'

Suggested fix:
- don't try to do any window connection in text mode

Added to "Known issues".

same problem for service manager 1.2.0.7879 uninstaller, so it looks this problem is present for all calls of the 'installbuilder'.

sorry, for the service manager uninstall, it works when called from a ssh session with option '--mode text', then no GUI is opened.
Only when calling without option from a ssh shell it could be better solved that no GUI question box is opened "somewhere". Just do it like on Linux, here no GUI is opened when called from a command line.

The installer 2.2.0.1651 works without showing the problem. But when the installer is called without '--mode text', e.g. with '--help' only, I still see the problem, but when adding '--mode text' to the commandline it works:

osx-tiger-ppc:/tmp mysqldev$ /tmp/mysqlmonitoragent-2.2.0.1651-osx-installer.app/Contents/MacOS/installbuilder.sh --help
kCGErrorRangeCheck : Window Server communications from outside of session allowed for root and console user only
INIT_Processeses(), could not establish the default connection to the WindowServer./tmp/mysqlmonitoragent-2.2.0.1651-osx-installer.app/Contents/MacOS/
installbuilder.sh: line 11: 15059 Abort trap              "`dirname \"${0}\"`/$executable" "$@"

osx-tiger-ppc:/tmp mysqldev$ /tmp/mysqlmonitoragent-2.2.0.1651-osx-installer.app/Contents/MacOS/installbuilder.sh --help --mode text
MySQL Enterprise Monitor Agent 2.2.0.1651
Usage:

 --help                         Display the list of valid options

 --version                      Display product information
[...]

This was started in a SSH session where I do not have any UI access.

Andy Bang writes: 
Try to detect if you can't open a window and default to text mode. If that's not possible, at least do --help in text mode by default.

still present with 2.3.0.2036