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#1 2006-05-31 22:27:15

luisrobles
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Registered: 2006-03-12
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Run some programs as normal user

Hi:
for the moment is not a big problem, but i wanna run certain programs like "alacarte" and other things like "netgo" as normal user (or use a graphical login (example: gtkpacman); now i'm using the console for login and exec.

sorry for my poor English  roll  roll  roll


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#2 2006-05-31 23:45:23

_Gandalf_
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Re: Run some programs as normal user

You meen you want a login manager like gdm ? if so
pacman -S gdm
add gdm to your DAEMONS in /etc/rc.conf and reboot (or /etc/rc.d/gdm start to immediatly use it)

if it isn't please explain more

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#3 2006-06-01 05:02:20

sputnik
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From: Canada
Registered: 2005-06-24
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Re: Run some programs as normal user

Maybe try gksu

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#4 2006-06-01 13:25:36

luisrobles
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Re: Run some programs as normal user

You meen you want a login manager like gdm ?

Thanks, but i have GDM.

Maybe try gksu

You say this: in the menu try "gksu netgo" or "gksu alacarte" for example?

thanks to all.


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#5 2006-06-01 18:40:35

Komodo
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From: Oxford, UK
Registered: 2005-11-03
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Re: Run some programs as normal user

luisrobles wrote:

You say this: in the menu try "gksu netgo" or "gksu alacarte" for example?

Yes, change the menu shortcuts to read 'gksu [application_name]' just as you have done above.

You must actually install gksu before this will work though!

pacman -S gksu

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