From: Joseph <syscon780@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xfce4 4.10 xsane and Application --> Run Program not working
Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 07:12:23 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120530131223.GB15436@syscon7.inet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4FC5C55D.60602@fu-berlin.de>
On 05/30/12 08:59, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote:
>On 30.05.2012 04:37, Joseph wrote:
>> On 05/29/12 19:23, walt wrote:
>>> On 05/29/2012 06:23 PM, Joseph wrote:
>>>
>>>> 2.) Application --> Run Program a windows pups up. When I
>>>> type: nano 1.txt
>>>>
>>>> Nothing happens.
>>>
>>> Please be more specific about 'nothing'. Does nano just close
>>> immediately with no error message? Does it hang forever until
>>> you hit ^C, or what?
>>>
>>> What do you see if you type 'which nano'? What about 'echo
>>> $PATH'?
>>
>> which nano gives me: /usr/bin/nano
>>
>> I can run nano from command line but when type nano + file name in
>> "Run Program" it should open that file but it doesn't, no windows
>> pops up.
>>
>
>Since I haven't installed XFCE it's a bit of guesswork: have you tried
>"xterm nano"?
>That works for me (I'm using gnome, though). You could also try to run
>a program with a gui (like firefox).
>I don't think that it ever worked for me to enter a shell command and
>actually see the result in a window.
>
>WKR
>Hinnerk
No, "xterm nano" doesn't work either.
--
Joseph
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-05-30 13:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-05-30 1:23 [gentoo-user] xfce4 4.10 xsane and Application --> Run Program not working Joseph
2012-05-30 2:23 ` [gentoo-user] " walt
2012-05-30 2:37 ` Joseph
2012-05-30 6:59 ` Hinnerk van Bruinehsen
2012-05-30 13:12 ` Joseph [this message]
2012-05-30 15:16 ` kwkhui
2012-05-30 18:56 ` Joseph
2012-05-30 2:39 ` [gentoo-user] " Joseph
2012-05-30 3:23 ` Joseph
2012-05-30 5:43 ` Hinnerk van Bruinehsen
2012-05-30 12:46 ` Joseph
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