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
