From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 30 16:49:30 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2380816A418 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:49:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz (southernuniform.com [66.76.92.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D357F13C448 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:49:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lAUGnSOQ086535; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:49:28 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at daleco.biz Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ezekiel.daleco.biz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id y85+XV6R5pdX; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:49:22 -0600 (CST) Received: from archangel.daleco.biz (dsl.daleco.biz [209.125.108.70]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lAUGnKNm086531; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:49:21 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Message-ID: <47503F0B.9000803@daleco.biz> Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:49:15 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.8.1.2) Gecko/20070418 SeaMonkey/1.1.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Aryeh M. Friedman" References: <474FD863.2060004@gmail.com> <20071130133959.5b353c1f@gumby.homeunix.com.> <4750389A.60908@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4750389A.60908@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: looking for suggestions: multiple users on the same desktop X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:49:30 -0000 Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > RW wrote: >> On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:31:15 -0500 "Aryeh M. Friedman" >> wrote: >> >>> but I don't want to logout and login back in and/or have to >>> invoke the app from the cmd line (i.e. xhost +; setenv DISPLAY >>> :0; app cmd line)... I am looking for a way to make it so I can >>> launch apps from a desktop panel and/or icon on the desktop and >>> make it ask what user to run it under (or somehow or another make >>> it aware that not everything is to be ruin as "aryeh") What about adding the magical incantation to a menu item? You'd type it once, and then it'd be clicky-clicky after that. Dunno if it'd work, but I use this under XFCE to set up remote connections via ssh, ('Eterm -foo -bar -e ssh somehost'), rdesktop ('rdesktop somehost') and running Yet Another OS's terminal app via Wine, which is way too long a string to remember and type here. KDK -- Facts, apart from their relationships, are like labels on empty bottles. -- Sven Italla