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Re: start an X application automatically

On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 15:07 +0800, ray wrote:
> Hi, All
> I want to start an X application automatically when I log on.  I have
> tried  to do this with  gnome-session-save,  but it says this
> application cannot be saved to session.  Any alternative method? 

Preferences->More Preferences->Session->Startup Programs

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Re: start an X application automatically

On date Friday 2006-12-01 15:07:16 +0800, ray wrote:
> Hi, All
> I want to start an X application automatically when I log on.  I have tried
> to do this with  gnome-session-save,  but it says this application cannot be
> saved to session.  Any alternative method?  Thanks.

Launch gnome-session-properties, then from the gui select:

Startup programs --> add
and write the complete path of the application you want to start on
log on.

Obviously to get this working you have to start gnome with gnome-session.

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Why doesn't this sudo script using zenity work??

Hi;

I have tried several variations of the following script and googled for
some clues. No joy.

#! /bin/bash
# Open nautilus as root
#

sudo nautilus --no-desktop --browser
if zenity --entry \
	--title="Browse files as root" \
    --text="Enter your _password:" \
    --entry-text "" \
    --hide-text
then echo $?
else echo "No password entered"
fi

# End

sudo nautilus --no-desktop --browser works on the command line.
Why doesn't this sudo script using zenity work?? 

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Re: Why doesn't this sudo script using zenity work??

On date Friday 2006-12-01 05:02:30 -0500, William Case wrote:
> Hi;
> 
> I have tried several variations of the following script and googled for
> some clues. No joy.
> 
> #! /bin/bash
> # Open nautilus as root
> #
>  
> sudo nautilus --no-desktop --browser
> if zenity --entry \
> 	--title="Browse files as root" \
>     --text="Enter your _password:" \
>     --entry-text "" \
>     --hide-text
> then echo $?
> else echo "No password entered"
> fi
> 
> # End
> 
> sudo nautilus --no-desktop --browser works on the command line.
> Why doesn't this sudo script using zenity work?? 

Because you need sudo to read the password passed by zenity on stdout.
So you have to do:

zenity --entry \
       --title="Browse files as root" \
       --text="Enter your _password:" \
       --entry-text "" \
       --hide-text \
| sudo -S nautilus --no-desktop --browser

then control the return code of sudo to check that the password
entered was correct.

HTH   
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Re: I must be missing something...keystroke maneuvering between applications under different virtual desktops

On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 00:42 -0600, Kevin Martin wrote:
> Is there a way to setup a keystroke combination that will allow me to
> "Alt-Tab" thru ALL gui applications running in ALL my
> desktops?  I can do this in KDE with simply "Alt-Tab" but can't seem to find a way to do this in GNOME.  I've
found that I like
> GNOME better than KDE except for this one issue (which I'm sure there's a resolution for and I'm just not
finding it).

Hmm, I thought it would at least do this if you set up your window list
to show windows on all desktops (right click the window list's 'gripper
bar', and select 'Preferences').  But apparently not.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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Re: I must be missing something...keystroke maneuvering between applications under different virtual desktops

Calum Benson wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 00:42 -0600, Kevin Martin wrote:
>> Is there a way to setup a keystroke combination that will allow me
>> to "Alt-Tab" thru ALL gui applications running in ALL my desktops?
>> I can do this in KDE with simply "Alt-Tab" but can't seem to find a
>> way to do this in GNOME.  I've found that I like GNOME better than
>> KDE except for this one issue (which I'm sure there's a resolution
>> for and I'm just not finding it).
> 
> Hmm, I thought it would at least do this if you set up your window
> list to show windows on all desktops (right click the window list's
> 'gripper bar', and select 'Preferences').  But apparently not.

I could have sworn there was a way to do this as well, but perusing
the keyboard shortcuts and such I couldn't find what I thought I
remembered was there.  Perhaps there's a gconf key to toggle this (I
looked but didn't see one)?

There might be a tool out there to add this functionality.  Things
like Devils Pie and Super Switcher extend Metacity in similar ways.

Failing that, there are more customizable window managers you can use
in Gnome.  In brief playing with Beryl, ISTR that it can do such a
thing.  It's been ages since I used Enlightenment WM together with
Gnome, but it may well be capable of this also.

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Re: Why doesn't this sudo script using zenity work??

Thanks Stefano;

I had forgotten the '|' pipe.  However, ....

On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 12:05 +0100, Stefano Sabatini wrote:
> On date Friday 2006-12-01 05:02:30 -0500, William Case wrote:
> > Hi;

> Because you need sudo to read the password passed by zenity on stdout.
> So you have to do:
> 
> zenity --entry \
>        --title="Browse files as root" \
>        --text="Enter your _password:" \
>        --entry-text "" \
>        --hide-text \
> | sudo -S nautilus --no-desktop --browser
> 
> then control the return code of sudo to check that the password
> entered was correct.
> 
Tried:
zenity --entry \
       --title="Browse files as root" \
       --text="Enter your _password:" \
       --entry-text "" \
       --hide-text | sudo -S nautilus --no-desktop --browser

Nothing shows up on my desktop.

Tried it again in gTerminal and got:
my file browser in root plus:

Password:   
[Entered through zenity ==> File Browser plus in stdout / stderror?]
Initializing nautilus-search-tool extension
Initializing nautilus-open-terminal extension

What do I do with these two lines?
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Re: Window properties - roles?

On 11/30/06, Mariano Suárez-Alvarez <msuarezalvarez <at> arnet.com.ar> wrote:
>
> Metacity certainly does not allow you do do that kind of things.
> The good news is, you can replace metacity with pretty much any other
> window manager which complies with the Window Manager Specification
> <http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Standards_2fwm_2dspec> (there is a list
> of window managers in that page)

Ok, I installed openbox just for kicks.  Never tried it.  However I
can't seem to figure out how to change the default window manager in
Gnome.  I tried searching for "window_manager" in gconf-editor, and
setting the current and default key values to a different window
manager and it doesn't work and shows that it is a deprecated option
anyway.  I can't seem to find information on it in the documentation
on the gnome website either.

FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p10, xorg-6.9.0, gnome2-2.16.2.

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Re: Window properties - roles?

Andy Harrison wrote:
> Ok, I installed openbox just for kicks.  Never tried it.  However I
> can't seem to figure out how to change the default window manager in
> Gnome.  I tried searching for "window_manager" in gconf-editor, and
> setting the current and default key values to a different window
> manager and it doesn't work and shows that it is a deprecated option
> anyway.  I can't seem to find information on it in the documentation
> on the gnome website either.

Just run "openbox --replace" and it will replace metacity.

(I've never used openbox either, so I don't know much more about it.)

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