thanks jeff !
i noticed something else too. the imwheel file in /usr/X11R6/bin/ had no GID
or UID permission , what i did was adding those permissions and then i could
run imwheel whithout using su command.
thnaks again
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, you wrote:
> > hi
> > about 2-3 months ago , thanks to this newletter , i managed to installed
> > wheel on my LM 7.0 . now i have installed LM 7.1 .
> > the confusing part is i have both XF86Config and XF86Config-4 in my
/etc/X11
> > folder. so i edited both of them according the description on
> > mandrakeuser.org and linuxbrit.co.uk and copied imwheelrc as .imwheelrc
to
> > home directory with right permissions.
> > sad part begins when i login as non su user and run imwheel -k i get an
error
> > massage as following :file or folder does not exist.imwheel process could
not
> > be verified.imwheel file could not be removed. operation not permitted."
> > the only way of getting the wheel to run is using su command. do u have
any
> > suggestion about what i should do to get imwheel running without using su
?
> > what shall i do to make it autostart ?
> > thanks in advance
>
> This is a newbie answering but I've been where you are. Yes you can put it
in
> your autostart folder. First you must make a kdelink for it which you put
in
> the autostart folder. To create a kdelink on your desktop, right mouse
> click/new/folder. Put in a name like imwheel.kdelink. Under execute put in
> imwheel -k. Close it and then drag it into your autostart folder.
>
> The anser to the su problem is that when su starts up it runs imwheel -k
> replacing it with a imwheel.pid that su created and owns. The normal user
> cannot overwrite it and thus imwheel is non functional in the user world.
To
> correct this, you need to put imwheel -k in your root (the su) bash_logout
> file. That causes it to kill its own imwheel.pid when it exits and thus
allows
> the user to create another one that the user owns and works for him.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> -- Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Registered Linux User 348854
>
>
>
