Posts: 8
MangoMike
Joined: 18 Oct 2009
#1
I have tried using most of the options in the Control Panel, but have only found a couple that work (for me). Anything that requires the Admin Password does not start after I enter the password. I even tried using su in terminal mode, but it didn't help.

Those featurs that don't require su (like change the wallpaper) work fine.

What am I doing wrong?

Mike
Last edited by MangoMike on 21 Oct 2009, 06:39, edited 1 time in total.
Posts: 516
oldhoghead
Site Admin
Joined: 01 Oct 2007
#2
Mike,

If entering your root password does not work, go to terminal as root and use sux instead of su, enter your root password and then start one of the programs that is not responding, I'm using mnetwork in the example, you should then be able to see the errors in the terminal window.

#sux
(rootpassword)
mnetwork


cheers,
oldhoghead
Posts: 8
MangoMike
Joined: 18 Oct 2009
#3
Thanks for the help Hog.

got to root okay, ran mnetwork just to see if it worked, it did. How do I start control center from within Terminal? Or once I'm root should I go to control center (which I tried and it still didn't work).

Mike
Posts: 1,228
secipolla
Joined: 15 Jun 2008
#4
if you go to /usr/local/bin/antixcc-en.sh and open it with Leafpad (right-click option), you'll see all the commands it uses so you can simulate in the terminal.
For example: to launch MNetwork it uses the command

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gksu mnetwork
, also to launch Synaptic it uses

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gksu synaptic
etc.

It seems it's a problem with the gksu command.
anticapitalista
Posts: 5,956
Site Admin
Joined: 11 Sep 2007
#5
Have you installed kdm or gdm by any chance?