see inline! On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Darac Marjal <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 02:00:47PM -0400, Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen wrote: >> This is debian amd-64 wheezy+some sid. >> >> I need to open mautilus with the system password, so am opening a >> terminal window >> and issuing: >> >> sudo nautilus & >> >> --- nothing happens, no nautilus, no error message. the issuing >> only >> >> nautilus & >> >> which opens nautilus, and gives an error message: >> >> "kjetil@kjetil:~$ Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module" >> >> [5] Done nautilus >> " >> >> Any ideas? > > Looking at the manpage for nautilus > (http://linux.die.net/man/1/nautilus), you might want to try: > > $ sudo nautilus --browser file:/// > > or just: > > $ sudo nautilus file:///
Thanks for the help, but there is some strange interaction here with sudo and &, because sudo nautilus (without the &) _does_ work! Kjetil > > The man page suggests the URI is mandatory and the last time I used > nautilus, I seem to remember that the default is to run as a desktop > manager; the '--browser' flag should give you the window you want. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > -- "If you want a picture of the future - imagine a boot stamping on the human face - forever." George Orwell (1984) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAH=m5MgYHnMQVKw=gysrkbzm14+pkadynedffkvtxcsy1sm...@mail.gmail.com
