On Tue, 2006-12-05 at 22:35 +0000, Liam O'Toole wrote: > On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 13:41:54 -0800 > Freddy Freeloader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > I have run across an oddity in Gnome's behavior when running admin > > tools from the gui. > > > > If I run any of the tools found in the Desktop -> Administration > > menu, explicitly from that menu, Gnome asks me for the root > > password. I enter the root password and it tells me I entered an > > invalid password. However, if I run any of those same admin tools > > from the Applications -> Debian -> Apps -> System menu Gnome accepts > > the root password and they run just fine. > > > > Does anyone know what is going on with this? I do the vast majority > > of my work from the bash prompt, but on occasion I will want to just > > look at a setting and will choose to do that from the gui tools. > > Although this problem is easily worked around I'm stumped as to why > > this is happening. > > > > BTW, this behavior started when I changed the behavior of sudo from > > the Debian default of not requiring a password to requiring one. > > I've since reversed that to see if that is responsible for the change > > in behavior in the gui, but it has made no difference whatsoever. > > > > Any clues as to where to look would be appreciated. > > > > > > Determine what commands are launched by the menu entries. You can do > this by right-clicking on a menu entry and choosing "Add this launcher > to desktop". You then right-click on the icon thus created, choose > "Properties", then "Launcher" to determine the command. You should then > be able to account for the observed behaviour. > > You can also discover launch commands by searching through the files in > the /usr/share/applications and /usr/share/menu directories. > > -- > > Liam > >
Thanks for your reply. I already knew about the menu entry stuff, and had taken a look at it. It all seems to be fine when compared to a computer that works normally. I didn't, however, know about the /usr/share/applications and /usr/share/menu ways of looking at things. Thanks. It's too bad I didn't find anything out of the ordinary there. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
