xfce programer launching

silmaril8n · 01-18-2007, 11:46 PM

I've had a hard time launching apps in xfce when I can get them running just fine via the cl.

Example:

Quote:

sudo wine ~/.wine/drive_c/ultravnc/vncviewer.exe -listen

But if I create a menu item with:

Quote:

gksu "wine ~/.wine/drive_c/ultravnc/vncviewer.exe -listen"

then I am prompted for the password and then nothing happens. I've tried varying the placement of the quotations and so far nothing results in the app launching. Maybe this is a wine issue?

guth · 01-19-2007, 03:21 AM

i'm not good at it (and never used wine), but did you try the gksu line in CLI ? (to check for any error). Try to use a full path too (i.e. no ~ but /home/username)

Anyway, it seems you want to start vncviewer, why not using the one in ZW ?
(for the 1st launch of the server, please use command line to be prompt for a password).

silmaril8n · 01-19-2007, 08:07 AM

Hm. Good idea and not the results I expected.

Quote:

[~]$ gksu wine ~/.wine/drive_c/ultravnc/vncviewer.exe -listen
Usage: wine PROGRAM [ARGUMENTS...] Run the specified program
wine --help Display this help and exit
wine --version Output version information and exit
[~]$ gksu wine "~/.wine/drive_c/ultravnc/vncviewer.exe -listen"
Usage: wine PROGRAM [ARGUMENTS...] Run the specified program
wine --help Display this help and exit
wine --version Output version information and exit
[~]$ gksu wine "~/.wine/drive_c/ultravnc/vncviewer.exe" -listen
Usage: wine PROGRAM [ARGUMENTS...] Run the specified program
wine --help Display this help and exit
wine --version Output version information and exit
[~]$ gksu wine ~/.wine/drive_c/ultravnc/vncviewer.exe listen
Usage: wine PROGRAM [ARGUMENTS...] Run the specified program
wine --help Display this help and exit
wine --version Output version information and exit
[~]$

guth · 01-19-2007, 04:46 PM

what's the result of:

gksu "wine ~/.wine/drive_c/ultravnc/vncviewer.exe -listen"

gksu "wine /home/yourhome/.wine/drive_c/ultravnc/vncviewer.exe -listen"

silmaril8n · 01-20-2007, 01:22 AM

Looks like I need to read posts more clearly!

Quote:

[~]$ gksu "wine /home/user/.wine/drive_c/ultravnc/vncviewer.exe -listen"
err:imagelist:ImageList_ReplaceIcon no color!
err:imagelist:ImageList_ReplaceIcon no color!
err:imagelist:ImageList_ReplaceIcon no color!
err:imagelist:ImageList_ReplaceIcon no color!
Application tried to create a window, but no driver could be loaded.
Make sure that your X server is running and that $DISPLAY is set correctly.
Application tried to create a window, but no driver could be loaded.
Make sure that your X server is running and that $DISPLAY is set correctly.

Whereas

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[~]$ sudo wine /home/user/.wine/drive_c/ultravnc/vncviewer.exe -listen

still seems to work just fine.

To answer your earlier question about why I'm using this over the default is that I use UltraVNC SC on many of our clients and the TightVNC viewer isn't compatible. I prefer Ultra over Tight because it offers encryption and file transfers "out of the box."

guth · 01-20-2007, 04:07 AM

if you have xterm, try:

Code:

gksu "xterm -e wine /home/user/.wine/drive_c/ultravnc/vncviewer.exe -listen"

else:

Code:

gksu "Terminal -x wine /home/user/.wine/drive_c/ultravnc/vncviewer.exe -listen"

silmaril8n · 01-21-2007, 09:00 PM

Both of these result in an invalid option error from gksu. Apparently it is trying to apply the -e, or -x to gksu, rather than the respected program that it is actually used after.

guth · 01-22-2007, 04:57 PM

even with the double quotes ???
try with simple quotes...

Emerson · 01-22-2007, 05:13 PM

(gk)su and sudo are not the same thing.

Edit: Why you need to run WINE with root rights?

silmaril8n · 01-22-2007, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by guth

even with the double quotes ???
try with simple quotes...

Tried with both to no avail. They give the same output.

I appreciate your help and tips!

silmaril8n · 01-22-2007, 10:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Emerson

(gk)su and sudo are not the same thing.

Edit: Why you need to run WINE with root rights?

It was advised to me that when running UltraVNC as a listening viewer (-listen flag) that it must be run as root. When I just run the viewer alone I don't need it.

Emerson · 01-23-2007, 06:01 AM

Did you solve your issue? Did you understand su requires a password and sudo can be configured to work without? So creating a menu item with sudo will work.

silmaril8n · 01-23-2007, 11:07 PM

I didn't get it working with root permission per se, but I did get it working via the menu without. I'm just going to leave it that way for now until I can test it more to see if it actually does need root.

I do know that I can have it use sudo without a password, but that isn't a road that I wanted to go down. This is only a home laptop for the time being, but I still want some level of security with it.