Ubuntu :: Running Graphical Apps With 'at'
Jan 24, 2010
i'm trying to run a graphical program at a specific time with the help of 'at'. i'm on kubuntu but i think this will be the same on any *buntu.
because 'at' is such a common word. i found this bug [URL] but the mentioned work around doesn't work.
i can make at work with command line if i enter the a tty to make the output to.
example of what i do is:
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$ at now
warning: commands will be executed using /bin/sh
at> date > /dev/tty1
at> <EOT> (CTRL+d)
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Jan 8, 2010
Is there a way to run graphical apps as su without launching from the terminal? For example is there a way to open File Browser as su? And if the only way is via the terminal, then how can I find out the names of apps like the File Browser so I can launch them?
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Feb 6, 2010
When I run graphical applications as root (on KDE4), they inherit my window decorations setting, and use the default widget style. I know that, obviously, I can configure root's widget style to match mine, but I do like the visual distinction. I just don't like it using my window decorations, because I have that nicely configured to match my widget style (and therefore clash with anything else). Is there any way to tell KWin to decorate root windows differently, or even run a separate window manager for root windows?
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Feb 5, 2009
In programming sense what is Desktop ?I can run any gnome apps using terminal or "Run Application" ?Such as , to open terminal i can type gnome-terminal and it invokes. What is Xwindow , xserver and Why do we need Gnome , KDE etc ?Why i cannot launch any graphical application [ firefox as example ] without loading xserver ?? I donot need wallpaper , start menu bla bla .. I only want to run any graphical applictaion using default black terminal.
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Mar 5, 2010
This is my first post here. I hope someone can help because I'm quite frustrated by now. I'm trying to write a bash script which will start a graphical app on our Ubuntu compute servers via X. I'm using a loop like:
for machine in 1 2 3 4 5 6
do
ssh -X computer-$machine "xeyes" &
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Jul 8, 2009
I have installed Linux 2.6 kernel RHEL 5.3 server edition, Upon we installed DOSEMU 1.4.We are unable to run the dos graphical applictions over dosemu. One sample DOS EXE for drawing a circle using Graphics library routines in C fails to start and displays the following errorBGI Error: Graphics not initialized (use 'initgraph')Please let us know any dosemu configuration setting to tweaked to run the DOS graphical application
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Sep 14, 2010
I want to run X window graphical application over ssh session on my server running Centos 5.5 . i used the -X flag for ssh (ssh -X user@serverip). i checked the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file on the server and i have the line "X11Forwarding yes". but i can not run any X applicaton. when i use root account i get the message: xauth: creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.15813
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Feb 26, 2011
In Karmic, I could run an app as user gdm by issuing the following command (assume the app is gconf-editor)
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gksudo -u gdm dbus-launch gconf-editor
Now that I've switched to Marverick when I issu the same command I get this:
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towheed@GA1A4CH:~$ gksudo -u gdm dbus-launch gconf-editor
No protocol specifiedNo protocol specified
** (gconf-editor:19812): CRITICAL **: Failed to parse arguments: Cannot open display:
I checked my environment variable DISPLAY using:
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towheed@GA1A4CH:~$ echo $DISPLAY
and it returned:
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:0.0
Now I ran the command:
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gksudo -u gdm dbus-launch gconf-editor --display=:0.0
and got the same error as before.Has either or both dbus-launch or gksudo changed their behavior os is this a bug. Note that the command does not work with any applications being run as the user gdm.
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Mar 14, 2010
I have 4 workspaces set up and they appear on the bottom menu bar. Usually I can switch to each and see what's running in each, even if the apps are minimised. Now I can only see what hasn't been minimised, and I can't see or return to the ones that are minimised... System Monitor shows the minimised apps are running... I was poking around gconf editor late the other night and I must have altered a setting but I have no idea which. I've looked through docs etc but can't find a solution.
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Feb 16, 2011
After downloading a Chrome (for Linux of course) installation package via FireFox. Opening it from Downloads, entering the Administrator password. Then clicking on the " Install Package " button in the " Package Installer " window, I get a message:
"Only one software management tool is allowed to run at the same time, please close the other application 'synaptic', 'aptitude', or 'update manager' first."
I see no evidence of these apps or any others running & I got rid of the Firefox. Are these " Other Apps " hidden somewhere, how do I determine this?
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Feb 21, 2011
I really do not know how to phrase this question properly. I am quite unaware of the PC jargon. But I have Ubuntu as the main OS and Mandriva is the second OS on the same hard disk. The boot loader is the Ubuntu. When I want to switch to Mandriva, on boot up I press Shift and then select the kernel.However, if I am on Ubuntu and want to run an application which resides on Mandriva, how do I do that? My fstab file does not even mention Mandriva. However, the file system does show up that file and I can open any files I need by clicking on GUI "Places". But when I try to run any of its applications by clicking the appropriate file on its /bin file nothing happens. A pop-up window briefly flashes and disappears. So my questions are:
1. First how can I change directory so that I am on Mandriva. Can' cd ...something' take me to that file because I see it in "Places" as a 36Gb file system?
2. How can I run an application which resides on that file system e.g., R or Octave which I do not have installed on Ubuntu, without rebooting into Mandriva.
3. Can I do this from command line.
4. And finally, can I do the same from Mandriva i.e., access Ubuntu from it.
I did read quite a bit about mounting files and fstab, but the fstab does not show the file system I am talking about. These are the outputs from Ubuntu os.
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Jan 5, 2010
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May 22, 2010
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I set up gstreamer to use jackaudiosink, but no luck.
If you ask me, JACK + ALSA should be the default, with maybe a simplified or automated control system for people who don't want to exploit their might
I hate having to close up a massive JACK patch just to watch a quick movie, or having to close Pidgin so JACK will start.
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Sep 15, 2010
I've just installed KDE on to my regular Ubuntu 10:04 install and thats all good and well but now when I run my fav GNOME apps in KDE, they look old fashioned like some from Win 95 or 98 type thing. Do I have to install additional GNOME Libraries and if so which ones?
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Jul 14, 2010
my wife needs the 'horrible' dos because she uses - Russian - programs written for windows only.
i suppose:
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or
she - my wife - got the wrong version.
my Q:
is there an easy way to run windows-progs on ubuntu 10.04 ?
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Jul 18, 2010
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(gedit:6115): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
kate: cannot connect to X server
Could not parse arguments: Cannot open display:
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Sep 8, 2011
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Jan 26, 2011
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Feb 20, 2010
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Here's the long version:
What I really want to do is play xbattle with my kids but I need to be able to display the board to three different screens. In xbattle the command line is: % xbattle -red me -blue host1:0 -green host2:0 {and more stuff of no consequence to my question}
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