Thanks again - system in question is running Debian 5. -- ~Jeff Hoogland http://JeffHoogland.com
On Fri Jul 29 2011 07:52:43 PM CDT, Carsten Haitzler <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:47:33 -0500 Jeff Hoogland > <[email protected]> said: > > fyi - ubuntu natty here - empower works just fine. :) it supports -S > > > Thanks for the tip! I'll check that as well next week when I have time > > to build packages. > > -- > > ~Jeff Hoogland > > http://JeffHoogland.com > > > > On Fri Jul 29 2011 07:32:00 PM CDT, Carsten Haitzler > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 18:49:07 +0200 PaulTT <[email protected]> said: > > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 4:11 PM, Jeff Hoogland > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Paul, > > > > > > > > > > When I run it from terminal such as "empower gedit" I enter my > > > > > password and press enter and then nothing happens. However the > > > > > terminal has a password prompt open then. Once I enter my > > > > > password in the terminal and press enter gedit launches. > > > > > > > > > > So it appears to not be passing the password from the E entry > > > > > window to the command I am trying to run. Ideas why that might > > > > > be? > > > > > > > > if you launch > > > > empower gedit > > > > ffrom the terminal, is there any error message???? > > > > > > > > do you ave libelm installed? > > > > > > from a vague memory long ago there erer issues with sudo itself that > > > sudo needed patching/fixing for to allow empower to work. it relies > > > on sudo having the -S option (read passwd from stdin). > > > > > > > > > -- > > > ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" > > > -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Got Input? Slashdot Needs You. > > > Take our quick survey online. Come on, we don't ask for help often. > > > Plus, you'll get a chance to win $100 to spend on ThinkGeek. > > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/slashdot-survey > > > _______________________________________________ > > > enlightenment-users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Got Input? Slashdot Needs You. > > Take our quick survey online. Come on, we don't ask for help often. > > Plus, you'll get a chance to win $100 to spend on ThinkGeek. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/slashdot-survey > > _______________________________________________ > > enlightenment-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > > > -- > ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- > The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Got Input? Slashdot Needs You. Take our quick survey online. Come on, we don't ask for help often. Plus, you'll get a chance to win $100 to spend on ThinkGeek. http://p.sf.net/sfu/slashdot-survey _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
