I'm trying to use Gnome instead of my old KDE, but I can't figure out how to open a file browser/manager WITHOUT opening the entire desktop via a X-session over SSH. In KDE, I simply used 'konqueror / &' to start it, but how do I accomplish the same task in Gnome? If I use 'nautilus', it first starts the file browser, then the entire desktop.. Kinda annoying. -- Anders Norrbring Norrbring Consulting -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
On Sunday 25 June 2006 21:28, Anders Norrbring wrote:
I'm trying to use Gnome instead of my old KDE, but I can't figure out how to open a file browser/manager WITHOUT opening the entire desktop via a X-session over SSH.
In KDE, I simply used 'konqueror / &' to start it, but how do I accomplish the same task in Gnome?
If I use 'nautilus', it first starts the file browser, then the entire desktop.. Kinda annoying.
nautilus --no-desktop "nautilus --help" has more options, and (as usual in gnome) a lot more features are hidden away in gconf-editor -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
Anders Johansson skrev:
On Sunday 25 June 2006 21:28, Anders Norrbring wrote:
I'm trying to use Gnome instead of my old KDE, but I can't figure out how to open a file browser/manager WITHOUT opening the entire desktop via a X-session over SSH.
In KDE, I simply used 'konqueror / &' to start it, but how do I accomplish the same task in Gnome?
If I use 'nautilus', it first starts the file browser, then the entire desktop.. Kinda annoying.
nautilus --no-desktop
"nautilus --help" has more options, and (as usual in gnome) a lot more features are hidden away in gconf-editor
Yeah, I tried --no-desktop, but that wasn't very good either.. It starts okay, but it never exits (!?)... The browser closes, but it never gives my prompt back, so I have to use a <ctrl-c> to exit. -- Anders Norrbring Norrbring Consulting -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
Anders * 2, On Sunday 25 June 2006 12:53, Anders Norrbring wrote:
Anders Johansson skrev:
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In KDE, I simply used 'konqueror / &' to start it, but how do I accomplish the same task in Gnome?
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Yeah, I tried --no-desktop, but that wasn't very good either.. It starts okay, but it never exits (!?)... The browser closes, but it never gives my prompt back, so I have to use a <ctrl-c> to exit.
This is tangential (at best) to your real goal, but whenever I launch GUI applications from a shell, I use a script called "gui": -==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==- #!/bin/bash --norc executable="$(type -p "$1" 2>/dev/null)" if [ ! -x "$executable" ]; then echo "gui: \"$1\" not found." exit 1 fi "$@" >>$HOME/.xsession-errors 2>&1 & -==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==-
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Anders Norrbring
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Randall R Schulz skrev:
Anders * 2,
On Sunday 25 June 2006 12:53, Anders Norrbring wrote:
Anders Johansson skrev:
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In KDE, I simply used 'konqueror / &' to start it, but how do I accomplish the same task in Gnome?
... Yeah, I tried --no-desktop, but that wasn't very good either.. It starts okay, but it never exits (!?)... The browser closes, but it never gives my prompt back, so I have to use a <ctrl-c> to exit.
This is tangential (at best) to your real goal, but whenever I launch GUI applications from a shell, I use a script called "gui":
-==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==- #!/bin/bash --norc
executable="$(type -p "$1" 2>/dev/null)"
if [ ! -x "$executable" ]; then
echo "gui: \"$1\" not found." exit 1
fi
"$@" >>$HOME/.xsession-errors 2>&1 & -==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==-
Well, that script doesn't do more than I do from command line.. :) I can start apps with a trailing '&' to get the prompt back, but it seems like the nautilus app doesn't exit properly. After starting it, and then exit nautilus, I still have a couple of processes running on the system.. Highly annoying.. This alone makes me prone to switch back to KDE since I don't really use the desktop at all on this system, it normally runs in level 3. After exiting, these are still running: 5142 pts/1 Sl 0:01 nautilus --no-desktop 5144 pts/1 S 0:00 /opt/gnome/lib/GConf/2/gconfd-2 11 5147 ? Ss 0:00 /opt/gnome/lib/bonobo/bonobo-activation-server --ac-activate --ior-output-fd=20 5149 ? Sl 0:00 /opt/gnome/sbin/gnome-vfs-daemon --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_VFS_Daemon_Factory --oaf-ior-fd=28 5161 pts/1 S 0:00 /opt/gnome/lib/nautilus/mapping-daemon -- Anders Norrbring Norrbring Consulting -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
Anders, On Sunday 25 June 2006 13:51, Anders Norrbring wrote:
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Well, that script doesn't do more than I do from command line.. :) I can start apps with a trailing '&' to get the prompt back, but it seems like the nautilus app doesn't exit properly.
Of course not, but why type all that repetitive boilerplate? That's what scripts are for, in part. It will also insulate you from losing control of you terminal even if you neglect to detach the errant program in advance. Furthermore, as a process detached from a subprocess (the one running the script), the process ultimately launched does not appear in the shell's job control list.
... Anders Norrbring
Randall Schulz -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
On Sun, 2006-06-25 at 22:51 +0200, Anders Norrbring wrote:
Well, that script doesn't do more than I do from command line.. :) I can start apps with a trailing '&' to get the prompt back, but it seems like the nautilus app doesn't exit properly.
Yes, it is rather annoying that some components remain in GNOME after exiting. That's why I launch XFCE components, such as "xffm" over SSH, instead of GNOME, when I can. The next generation file manager for XFCE is Thunar, and it works well even now: http://thunar.xfce.org/index.html -- Bryan J. Smith Professional, technical annoyance mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org http://thebs413.blogspot.com ---------------------------------------------------------- The existence of Linux has far more to do with the breakup of AT&T's monopoly than anything Microsoft has ever done. -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
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