(SOLVED..sort of) : Desktop launcher as root

[Frank McCormick]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 21:24:27 -0400
Frank McCormick <fmccormick at videotron.ca> wrote:

> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
> 
> On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 09:01:16 +1000
> Peter Garrett <peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 18:33:40 -0400
> > Frank McCormick <fmccormick at videotron.ca> wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > >    I've been trying unsucessfully to create a desktop launcher for midnight commander but as root. I've tried gksu, gksudo, sudo, su, and gksuexec. I guess the catch is mc has to be run in a terminal as root. Nothing I have tried works. Got any suggestions, I must be missing something obvious!
> > 
> > Try a "normal" launcher with
> > 
> > xterm -e sudo mc
> > 
> > or
> > 
> > gnome-terminal -e "sudo mc"
> > 
> > Gnome-terminal insists on the quotes, for some unfathomable reason. I
> > guess Gnome just likes to continue a great Unix tradition, by doing
> > everything slightly, but not completely, differently from every other known
> > terminal emulator ;-)
> > 
> > The terminal window should pop up with a password prompt, and mc should
> > start on entry of your password.
> 
> 
>   Nope. Doesn't work here (on Dapper) two windows pop up but mc never runs. Weird. Tried ticking the run in terminal box, using gnome-terminal and my normal shell rxvt-unicode.

    I took Peter Garrets suggestion of a simple "sudo mc"...went into the config editor, changed the default
terminal to rxvt-unicode and it now works, but with a small window which has to be resized. But it works.
Thanks to everyone who offered suggestions.


- -- 
Cheers

Frank

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQFEVPJk8Rvr3Tn207ARAqceAJ9FWvHvamndXMlLlFRFyrE7Qu4WtgCfW9Gc
ldYDBNLHlVwB18jKBjC5jt4=
=5FVA
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----