fluxbox menu question

[sinisterdomestik]

Im not sure if this is possible, but I KNOW someone here knows the answer.

This is what I am wondering. Is it possible to make an entry in fluxbox menu that will:

A) open and Eterm --trans
B) su -
C) cd /home/etc/etc/wine/etc/etc/game_dir/etc/etc
D) wine game

Far fetched, but Im tired of doing it all myself lol.

Thank you in advance

[Ahenobarbi]

Try putting

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[exec] (Game) {Eterm --trans -e "su -c cd /home/etc/etc/wine/etc/etc/game_dir/etc/etc\;wine game"}

in your menu. BTW why do you need su ?

[sinisterdomestik]

Ill give that a shot thanks.

I have to su because this particular game wont run as reg user. It crashes every time It is quite the epic fail

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After I run it, I get this error in the eterm

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Eterm: Error execp() failed: can not execute "su - c cd /home/sinister/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/NOT_SAYING_GAME_NAME/; wine GAME_NAME_GONE.exe" no such file or directory

[Bzub]

Ill give that a shot thanks.

I have to su because this particular game wont run as reg user. It crashes every time It is quite the epic fail

/EDIT

After I run it, I get this error in the eterm

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Eterm: Error execp() failed: can not execute "su - c cd /home/sinister/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/NOT_SAYING_GAME_NAME/; wine GAME_NAME_GONE.exe" no such file or directory

try

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[exec] (Game) {Eterm --trans -e "su -c 'cd /home/etc/etc/wine/etc/etc/game_dir/etc/etc\;wine game' "} 

quotation do matter allot in bash.
you could also make a executable bash file, put that in a directory, add that directory in your path (at the end) and execute it[/code].

Also:
try to find a fix so that you can run that particular game as a regular user.
First things to look at are:
* is my user in groups video,audio,games? (or whatever groups you have)
* can I run any opengl stuff as regular user (I couldn't even run openoffice once after a driver update apparently you need it for the splash screen)
but meh fix it asap.

good luck.

Edit:

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[exec] (Game) {Eterm --trans -e "su -c 'wine /home/etc/etc/wine/etc/etc/game_dir/etc/etc/game' "} 

should work fine to.

[sinisterdomestik]

Been looking into why user cant run the game, and nothing comes to mind yet. I have the user added to video, audio, game, anything that would correspond to it. The odd thing is, user can run my guild wars just fine, but this unmentioned game and a few others Ive tried will only run as root. They will install under wine as user fine, they just crash when trying to run the actual game as user.

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[exec] (Game) {Eterm --trans -e "su -c 'cd /home/etc/etc/wine/etc/etc/game_dir/etc/etc\;wine game' "} 

gives the same error as before. I dont know how to make bash files, although Im sure its not THAT hard, but otherwise, unless there is a serious security issue with it, I guess I am destined to run this particular app as root until I can figure out whats going on.

Any other suggestions on the menu entry and/or fixing the crash problem are still greatly appreciated.