In the applications menu I would like to always run certain programs as root. For instance Wireshark; I'll never want to run that as a regular user I'll always want to be root. Is there a way to set it up so that when I click it in the menu I'm prompted for my password and it will automatically run as root? (Much like in windows you can right click and check the box that says always run as administrator.)
View 2 RepliesI have been adding programs to the menu the problem is it is started by a script, how would I find out how to do this? I have tried..
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Bash /my/dir/script.sh
and just
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/my/dir/script.sh
I recently made the switch from gnome to kde. After struggling for two straight days I finally have everything the way I want, and I must say that I am quite pleased with Kde. The one thing I want to do now is get my computer to start up without running printer applets and bluetooth and all that other stuff I don't need. I have had little luck finding any info on this one.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI've Xubuntu with XFCE 4.6 installed. In the autostart I have these programs by default:
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polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1
xfce4-settings-helper-autostart.desktop
xfconf-migration-4.6
xfce4-tips-autostart ->
I've already disabled What they do exactly and which of them can be disabled without getting any problems?
I am wondering what the difference is between the two. I know that the server does not have GUI enable. Does the server have more server programs installed by default?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have an unusual request for help. I asked this question on the Backtrack forums, but they were I have a dualboot of Ubuntu 9.04 and Backtrack 4 on my laptop. Backtrack 4, for those that don't know, is a security penetration testing distro based on Ubuntu with a KDE environment. It basically IS ubuntu, but with some changes, so I figured I'd ask this here.The menu in backtrack has been stripped of it's "Games" folder, as well as some other folders. so when I use "add/remove applications" to install a game it doesn't put a shortcut to it in a Games directory. I tried adding a Games directory to the menu bar myselff, but when I try to install a game, the installer still doesn't see it and put a shortcut there. How can I fix this so that it does?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI've just installed Lubuntu 10.10 to an Asus A2400H laptop. It has a Celeron 2.6 Ghz CPU and 512mb RAM. In the past I have installed Ubuntu and more recently Xubuntu 9.10 and 10.04. This time round I wanted to try out Lubuntu to get more speed out of this laptop but it's giving me crazy problems.When I run the Live CD all seems to work well and quick and there are no problems I can see. Then having installed it -- no errors during install -- when it boots up the fan goes at 100%, the only items on the menu are log off and something else of no use, but neither work. I can't load any of the main programs, but I can get to terminal and the update manager works, although it works extremely slowly.
I typed the 'top' command from the terminal and it says CPU usage is only 35% and only half the memory is in use, and no swap file.I have tried a reinstall and it's exactly the same. I've done the 'check disk for errors' and given the CD lens a clean because sometimes this has caused problems in the past, but it doesn't seem to be the case here given there are no errors during install (I watched the whole install... all 50 minutes of it).I have previously istalled LXDE on this laptop side-by-side with Xubuntu and it did have some fan issues and bugs but still worked for the most part, so I would have thought just having the one system would create less conflict.
I'm currently using Ubuntu 10.10 and the version of Wine in the standard repository. In the past, when I've installed wine, it automatically gave me a Programs menu from which I could launch all the Windows programs I installed. That menu is now missing.I tried uninstalling Wine, removing the ~/.wine folder, and removing all references to wine and wine programs in ~/.local/share... with no effect.can't get the Programs menu to come back.
View 4 Replies View Relatedam running 10.10 64bit and I am wanting to change a few wayssome programs start up on boot, they are as follows:1. make NetworkManager not load onboot and require me to manually start it in the command line2. make bluetooth not start on boot and allow to manually start it from the command line3. make networking not boot on startand start manually from command line I have been trying to search on google but most of thereads I find are about removing things completely and the few that werent did not work for what I want to do.
View 8 Replies View RelatedIs there a way to make it so that opening an executable text file will automatically run, rather than prompt me to run, edit, or something else?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have been having an issue getting the menu listings for uninstalled Wine programs to actually get removed from the menu. I can deselect/hide them, but it will not delete them.Anyone else having this problem? How can I get rid of all the icons? It seems that it almost creates one every time I use a Wine to open something.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have F11 running on an MSI wind. I installed KDE and then downloaded LXDE and have been using it for a few days. All of the sudden LXDE panel and a program called GTK-gnash started eating up all my cpu. So, I stopped the processes and restarted the desktop via CTL-ALT_BACKSPACE and rebooted. Now I cant open anything in the fedora menu, no programs, nothing comes up. Cant find any info on what I should do. Can still run firefox and stuff from applets, just cant access my programs menu.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI do not know how, but in my CentOS 5 does not run pirut. 'Add/Remove Programs' does not appear on the menu and I can not install anything in any way.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI am running AnyMeal, which is a KDE program. There's a link in the set-up for FAQs, but when I try to open it I am told "Could not launch the browser: Could not find kfmclient". I checked /etc/alternatives, and the x-www-browser is set to be iceweasel (Debian's firefox), which is what I use. I do not have Konqueror installed. I use Fluxbox, however, I also run some Gnome and KDE programs. I checked if there is a package I may need, but came up empty:
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mark@debian:~$ locate kfmclient
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/kfmclient.mo
mark@debian:~$ apt-cache search kfmclient
mark@debian:~$
how I can set it up so that the "kfmclient" can be recognised as iceweasel?
Specifically, I've used Synaptic to install both Drupal and gufu. The installation seems successfull, but they never show up on any menu/sub-menu.
View 14 Replies View RelatedJust upgraded to fc12, noticed that there was no menu bar (the one with "file", "edit", etc....) on my users/groups configuration program, but I figured that it was just a change from fc11. But now I'm noticing more stuff that doesn't have one that ought to (gedit, filezilla, and most importantly, nautilus).On the other hand, firefox does have the menu bar, so it's not a global issue. I have compiz-fusion/emerald, although I'm not sure that would make a difference. I've tried a few different themes thinking it might be the theme I'm using, but no dice.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI am missing the File menu in many programs (Fedora 13). I found a thread that said this fixed itCode:yum remove gnome-applet-globalmenu gnome-globalmenu-common sshmenu gnome-applet-sshmenubut I did that and (I'm using audacity to test) it said that it was missing gnome-globalmenu. So I did Code:sudo yum --enablerepo=updates-testing install gnome-applet-globalmenu gnome-globalmenu-common sshmenu gnome-applet-sshmenubut now audacity is again missing the file menus.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI'm using Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit and I'm having the following issue: a lot of the programs I use seem not to be able to save their settings on shutdown (Visual Paradigm for UML, for example. Kile is another one). This happens only for some of my programs. What is causing this? Have I installed them in an inappropriate location? (e.g. VP is in /opt). I also have this problem sometimes with system settings (screensaver reverted to old value upon reboot once, but after that it worked...).
Edit: Just noticed running as root doesn't work either, I rebooted and it's back to square one
I am looking for a way to edit the default programs the mailon, included with the indicator applet, on the task bar uses. More specifically, I would like a way to integrate "checkgmail" instead of evolution.I did:Code:locate indicator-appletand it printed several possible files, none of which look like they could be edited in this way
View 7 Replies View RelatedI'm trying to get tmux to open a certain set of panes an certain programs in those panes by default and open that way every time I run tmux. Is there any way to do this?
I read in the documentation commands for this, but i have no idea where to begin.
some installed programs do not appear on the xfce menufor example imagemagick and evincemaybe one or two others have to check
View 9 Replies View RelatedSpent the past hour trying to figure this out, it's not happening. I have no menu bars in programs or em, file explorer?
Ex: I open playonlinux and at the top.. no file | tools | edit | etc. | etc.
This is on pinguy (ubuntu) btw.
and if i didnt customize partitions when i installsed and just used the whole drive - they're both together in the same partition right, the home just goes into the root? but it still creates a 2-3 gig swapfile?
do you recommend creating separate partitions for the home and root folder during install? is there any benefit besides being able to reinstall ubuntu without losing your data?
At least this is what it looks like to me.
Amarok can play music but asks to open kde wallet manager for some password. All other programs (vlc, media player, audacity, etc) seem to function normally but no sound comes out of the speakers. code...
So simply running program requiring sound enabling as root does not work - plus it would not be very good practice, IMHO.
What should I do?
I have access to an account on my school's student-linux server, but I don't have sudo or root access.
I would like to install and use programs aside from the minimum ones available to all users. We have been given permission to do this, excepting new webserver and database software.
I know enough to compile and make a tarball, but that leaves me with an inelegant directory structure, no man page access, and no easy access to the executable.
I would like someone to share how they would install programs in this environment- ideally in a clean manner, with access to the man pages, and info about how to set an environment variable so the programs can be accessed via their name (without a path) both by me and possibly by scripts.
Dealing with missing libraries seems to complicate things further. For example, a program as simple as toilet requires libcaca.
I think the proper handling of the process of cleanly installing libraries in a user's home directory is an integral part of an answer to how to install programs without root access.
i've iregulare situation here i use LXDE and when i use chromium (for ex)and download a jpg file and then open it it starts FIREFOX and then asks me to open it i want chromium (for ex) to open that file type directly with images viewer another example when i installed awn and made some favorite applications shortcut on it when i try to open those shortcuts it opens firefox again and ask me to download or open O_O how can i remove firefox from all this proccess ?
View 6 Replies View RelatedWhere is the location of file which holds information about open with dialog? I need to edit it to change default programs that open certain files?
View 3 Replies View RelatedThe only MS program I need on my computer is Word 2007 for the equation editor to write/edit files from work. So after installing Wine I installed MSOffice2007. Excel worked OK (although I don't need it - I am perfectly happy with the Libre Office spreadsheet). Word however froze each time so I tried to uninstall and reinstall it. However I always got an error message when trying to uninstall with Wine. So I followed the advice of some strands in this forum and deleted the Program Files folder from the ~.wine directory. However the menus are still in Wine/Programs/Microsoft Office even though they lead to nowhere. I tried to reinstall but still I nothing happened. I presume the old entries still lead to the position where previously the .exe files were located. Now my question is either how can I remove these menu entries and try installing again - or even better - is there a Linux programme that can read/edit the equations written in Word 2007?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have ubuntu 11.04 installed along side windows. And I often share files with windows computers. If I am installing a new package from ubuntu software center, and consquently I have to log in as root to do so, which means I have given the system 'privileges' as the program is being installed, I decide to go open mozilla, and surf suspicious sites on the net. Is it possible in that case for me to get a virus?
When we enter the password for the root user in order to run one program such as ubuntu software center, does that mean that all programs have root privileges for the time being (as the software center is installing the program)?
What files or programs have the ability to change your default network scripts and config files? All 3 of these very important files got changed on their own.
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0
/etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-wlan0
/etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/ifcfg-wlan0