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ripp3r

Member

Registered: 2010-05-16

Posts: 22

gdesklets not working

Hi guys,

I'm quite new to arch but I'm really excited about this distro, I LOVE IT :)

I used pacman to install gDesklets but when I start it nothing happens, I can see in the tray bar that ther's the application but after 10-15 seconds it disappears!

Here's the output from command line:

gdesklets
** Message: pygobject_register_sinkfunc is deprecated (GtkWindow)
** Message: pygobject_register_sinkfunc is deprecated (GtkInvisible)
** Message: pygobject_register_sinkfunc is deprecated (GtkObject)
You must NOT run gDesklets as super user (root).

I'm logged in as root, I know it's not a safe choice... but I don't think this is the problem...

Thanks

loafer

Member

From: the pub

Registered: 2009-04-14

Posts: 1,772

Re: gdesklets not working

I'm logged in as root, I know it's not a safe choice... but I don't think this is the problem...

It is the problem:

#
# Check if user starts gdesklets as root
#
def check_user():

    if (os.getuid() == 0):
        print _("You must NOT run gDesklets as super user (root).")
        sys.exit(1)

Why do you want to login as root anyway.  Create a normal user for day to day use.

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