On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 08:26:13AM -0400, tstout wrote:
> whoa! thanks for getting back to me so quickly!! you rock!
>
> anyway, i didn't provide a whole lot of info because i figured this might be
> a
> fairly common issue, as my installation is all very generic and off-the-shelf.
>
> anyway, the popup is a gnome dialog box. when i run the program kppp (or any
> of
> the included redhat config apps) from the command line (so far i've tried it
> in
> xterm and rxvt), it runs fine. what happens is that the "executable" is
> actually just linked to a program called 'consolehelper' that checks
> authentication rules through pam, then calls the appropriate program in a
> 'semi-sudo' type of context. arguments are passed transparently, but i don't
> actually RUN the program -- its kinda like a local proxy server of sorts.
>
> so the "new format" just saves me from running a shell process with each
> program. and that actually makes sense -- now with the 'exec exec kppp', i'm
> not running a shell process, which is why it worked before (when i WAS
> running a
> shell process with the 'exec kppp'). is there a way to force a shell process
> on
> a menu item? i'm sure that would solve this...
Just omit one of the "exec"s. I know it's a bit confusing: the
first "exec" (or "Exec") is the fvwm command. Everything behind
it is passed to the shell:
Exec exec kppp
^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^
| |________ command passed to the shell
|________________ Fvwm command
So your former "exec kppp" should work too:
exec kppp
^^^^ ^^^^
| |___________ command passed to the shell
|________________ Fvwm command
> >Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 09:51:47 +0200
> >From: Dominik Vogt <fvwm@fvwm.org>
> >To: Tony Stout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, fvwm <fvwm@fvwm.org>
> >Subject: Re: FVWM: config question
> >Mail-Followup-To: Tony Stout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, fvwm <fvwm@fvwm.org>
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> >
> >On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 11:20:25PM -0400, Tony Stout wrote:
> >> i just upgraded from fvwm95 (2.0.43d) to the current release of 2.4.15.
> >> i've successfully updated all my configs, and everything seems to be
> >> running nicely.
> >>
> >> redhat 8.0 uses the package consolehelper/usermode to route specific
> >> authentication requests through pam. in 2.0.43 (calling the needed
> >> program with a simple "exec" statement - like 'exec kppp'), the gnome
> >> popup would appear, ask for the root password, accept/deny, and run the
> >> program as appropriate.
> >
> >> i'm now finding that when i use the new format
> >> ('Exec exec kppp'),
> >
> >It's not really a new format. it just saves you running a shell
> >process for each application you start this way. This is achieved
> >by the "exec" shell command.
> >
> >> i get a nifty popup saying "Invalid Call to Subprocess".
> >
> >Fvwm does not use popup windows, so it must come from your shell
> >(highly unlikely) or kppp itself. Can you identify which program
> >opened the popup window? If not, using FvwmIdent should help.
> >
> >Check your kppp installation. Does it work when invoked on the
> >command line? Possibly it expects some environtment variable to
> >be set.
> >
> >> i'm sure this is probably a simple config issue, and although i know i
> >> could modify each entry in the 'menus' config file, i'm hoping there is
> >> a global method to solve this.
> >>
> >> btw, i'm running an out-of-the-box version of redhat 8.0. i downloaded
> >> the source for 2.4.15, compiled it with defaults, and installed. i
> >> modified/added entries for gdm to call fvwm directly, so i'm not using
> >> any gnome session-management. ideally, i'd like to keep them as
> >> separate as possible.
> >>
> >> any ideas?
Ciao
Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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