Re: open multiple xterms with script

2008-12-04 Thread Aggelidis Nikos
Thank you George and Polytropon that seems to do the trick... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: open multiple xterms with script

2008-12-03 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 09:58:52 +0200, Aggelidis Nikos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you for your help! some additional questions: 1) is there any way to give the root password once? i tried this: #!/bin/sh su root -c \ xterm -geometry 80x25 -title 'App 1' -e 'app1' xterm -geometry 80x25

Re: open multiple xterms with script

2008-12-03 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 09:58:52 +0200, Aggelidis Nikos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: some additional questions: 1) is there any way to give the root password once? i tried this: #!/bin/sh su root -c \ xterm -geometry 80x25 -title 'App 1' -e 'app1' xterm -geometry 80x25 -title 'App 2' -e 'app2'\

Re: open multiple xterms with script

2008-12-02 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 10:07:47 +0200, Aggelidis Nikos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi to all the list, i need some help... Is it possible to open four consoles as root(authenticate yourself once), in each one run a specific program and do this through a script? {bash or python). i want to open 4

open multiple xterms with script

2008-12-02 Thread Aggelidis Nikos
hi to all the list, i need some help... Is it possible to open four consoles as root(authenticate yourself once), in each one run a specific program and do this through a script? {bash or python). i want to open 4 xterms in the four corners of the screen. In 3 xterms i want to run specific

Re: open multiple xterms with script

2008-12-02 Thread Aggelidis Nikos
Thank you for your help! some additional questions: 1) is there any way to give the root password once? i tried this: #!/bin/sh su root -c \ xterm -geometry 80x25 -title 'App 1' -e 'app1' xterm -geometry 80x25 -title 'App 2' -e 'app2'\ but i get this: xterm Xt error: Can't open display: %s