Timeline for Is this OP running Ubuntu or not?
Current License: CC BY-SA 3.0
14 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 2017 at 0:37 | comment | added | WinEunuuchs2Unix | @AndreaLazzarotto I asked twice if they were using Ubuntu and never got an answer. Anyway I've "walked away" from this meta question. It's not productive. | |
| Aug 8, 2017 at 20:10 | comment | added | Andrea Lazzarotto | If OP is using a theme different than the default, that's what you should seek. If they are not using Ubuntu, then VTC. | |
| Aug 1, 2017 at 8:36 | answer | added | terdonMod | timeline score: 17 | |
| Jul 31, 2017 at 23:52 | comment | added | WinEunuuchs2Unix |
@ByteCommander Looking at his history he's started out in Stack Overflow (574 points) and just popped into Ubuntu to ask this first question (100 associated points + 1 real point here). I'm of half a mind just to ignore the guy all together because he's not forthright. I don't mind helping people on other platforms and often counsel them to take out another distro reference if the question is universal and helps Ubuntu users too. The links I gave him talk about &1>2 (or whatever) and other techniques for suppressing messages. I just have a bad feeling about this whole issue...
|
|
| Jul 31, 2017 at 23:44 | comment | added | Byte Commander Mod | No, now you just know he's not using a well working Ubuntu with default configurations. I still see the possibility that he might have played around with some system GTK stuff or themes or whatever that cause the warnings he claims to get. He's making it hard or impossible to answer his question without further exact information though. I'd probably leave a comment that he must include said information or you can not help him and will abandon the post. | |
| Jul 31, 2017 at 23:40 | comment | added | WinEunuuchs2Unix |
@ByteCommander Thanks for confirming there are no gtk+ warning messages coming from gksudo whoami. That's three of us now so I think we can confirm he's not on Ubuntu???
|
|
| Jul 31, 2017 at 23:40 | history | edited | WinEunuuchs2Unix | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
correct grammar.
|
| Jul 31, 2017 at 23:37 | comment | added | WinEunuuchs2Unix |
@ByteCommander I heard gksu was being deprecated which is why I started switching scripts over to pkexec a few months ago. But the OP's question was about gksudo and I'm trying to figure out if the reason mine is different than his is because he's not on Ubuntu. Which makes it impossible to help him.
|
|
| Jul 31, 2017 at 23:34 | comment | added | Byte Commander Mod |
I guess that there might be some errors/warnings generated by gksudo's popup window, which could be GTK based... But I have no idea. No messages for me here either. Or he's simply using a different command and not admitting it.
|
|
| Jul 31, 2017 at 23:32 | comment | added | WinEunuuchs2Unix |
@MarkKirby Thanks for confirming there is nothing wrong with my system and whoami doesn't issue GTK warnings. Which I already knew as it's not a gtk based program. It leaves me scratching my head what kind of system he is running. A GTK based terminal or something????
|
|
| Jul 31, 2017 at 23:26 | comment | added | Byte Commander Mod |
gksu/gksudo are deprecated and should not be used any longer anyway, because you should not run any GUI stuff as root at all. If he wants to launch some CLI commands in a script and wants a GUI popup asking for the password just for not needing to have a terminal open, that could also easily be crafted e.g. with Zenity, which comes preinstalled. gksu does not.
|
|
| Jul 31, 2017 at 23:23 | history | edited | Byte CommanderMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
no need to show off your huge fancy calendar/clock PS1 ;-)
|
| Jul 31, 2017 at 23:20 | comment | added | Mark Kirby | IDK what to tell you, no warnings here? OP did refuse to give more information but this is the Internet and people are stubborn and strange, perhaps the OP simply sees no benefit in giving the information? IMO if the OP won't add required info, it does not matter if they are using Ubuntu or not, close as unclear instead. | |
| Jul 31, 2017 at 23:06 | history | asked | WinEunuuchs2Unix | CC BY-SA 3.0 |