Gnome Root terminal no started

IcEonFirE · Apprentice Joined: 15 Aug 2004 Posts: 174

Hi

I have a problem with gnome root terminal when I started it I have been prompted to enter the root password but then nothing is happening. Does anybody has an idea please ?

Thanks

zietbukuel · Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 6:10 am Post subject:

Use the normal terminal and type: sudo -s or su - and enter your password.
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j79zlr · Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 4:15 pm Post subject:

It is because the menu command executes /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator

You can modify the entry to execute gnome-terminal or xterm or whatever you prefer, or you can create a symlink x-terminal-emulator to the term of your choice.

E.g.

ln -s /usr/bin/gnome-terminal /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator

blurp · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 21 Oct 2004 Posts: 102

j79zlr, i think this is a "quick-hack" solution and there should be a better way to do this.

In Gnome menu, under "System > Preferences > Preferred Applications", we can select the default terminal application. I think this should be the "correct" symlink to "x-terminal-emulator"? Anyone knows how can this be linked?

j79zlr · Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 6:49 pm Post subject:

I thought that too, but setting that does not create the symlink.

blurp · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 21 Oct 2004 Posts: 102

seems like x-terminal-emulator is a virtual package under debian and ubuntu... but what about gentoo?

HotBBQ · Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 3:24 pm Post subject:

Two years out this seems to still be broken.
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