[K12OSN] Launchers won't run without terminal

David Hopkins dahopkins429 at gmail.com
Wed Aug 22 20:23:03 UTC 2007


what happens if you provide the full paths for the exec command, sudo, and
fl_teachertool?  Or is that what you did?

On 8/22/07, Joe Korzeniewski <jkorzeni at battle-creek.k12.mi.us> wrote:
>
> You must be using edubuntu... FC6 doesn't have gksudo. I wish it were that
> easy.
>
> I couldn't exec it either, it said path not found.
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> Joe Korzeniewski
> Network Administrator
> Battle Creek Public Schools
> p. 269-965-9667
> c. 269-209-9677
> >>> Rob Owens <rowens at bio-chemvalve.com> 08/22/07 3:34 PM >>>
> Try setting the launcher to run 'gksudo /usr/sbin/fl_teachertool'
>
> I don't know all the details, but 'gksudo' is supposed to be used in a
> graphical environment, where 'sudo' is to be used in a terminal.
>
> -Rob
>
> Joe Korzeniewski wrote:
> > Hello everybody,
> >
> > I am having a problem that I am guessing is very simple. I have my
> /etc/sudoers set up to allow teachers to run fl_teachertool without entering
> a password. sudo /usr/sbin/fl_teachertool works like a charm from the
> terminal. When I create a launcher to run that command though it does
> nothing. If I change the launcher to run in a terminal it works perfectly
> again. Any idea how to make it run without needing to open a terminal?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -Joe
> >
> >
> >
> > Joe Korzeniewski
> > Network Administrator
> > Battle Creek Public Schools
> > p. 269-965-9667
> > c. 269-209-9677
> >
> >
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