Re: [gcmd-dev] root mode terminal

[Piotr Eljasiak]

> /desktop/gnome/applications/terminal/exec = roxtem
> /desktop/gnome/applications/terminal/exec_arg = -e
> 
> Without -e, gcmd root terminal works as expected.
> 
> 'roxterm -e' belongs to one of 3 defaults in the pull down menu in my users 
> gnome-control-center (custom -> fav applications section). I can't remember 
> if i added this manually some years ago though. Anyway, both other entries - 
> the debian default terminal (x-terminal-emulator) and the xterm entry - 
> include a '-e' too, and the menu entry 'roxterm -e' itself is not 
> configurable as user (but i can set up a custom command with 'roxterm' alone).
> 
> [It is possible to change the system defaults of course, but certainly that's 
> something for package managers to do, not for end users, and before any 
> request we'd need to understand why the -e is there in the first place.]

Don't change system settings, it's been only for testing.

Here goes the next iteration - the patch is just a quick hack to get:

        /usr/bin/gksu 'roxterm -e /bin/bash'

instead of

        /usr/bin/gksu roxterm -e /bin/bash


Does it work for you?

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