mysticpain

When I launch shortcut for Fire Fox 0.9 I get a choose user profile menu instead of the browser launching. I have only the default user profile. Apparently the application is running somewhere in the background. What is a way to avoid this problem so the application stops and will restart normally again later.

I tried to edit the .xinitrc and get rid of the last line and enter the firefox browser there but to no avail. It won't work. I copied it into the home folder and added a "." infront of the file name. So, I guess I am not sure what my options are. I haven't had much time to work on this for a while and I need to get it done asap. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Bassically everything. I installed it and it is in my applications menu and when I start it I get a small box. What type of coding needs to be entered or where can I find the instructions on how to use it

So, who here has used Fluxbox? Where can I get good instructions for it. And does anyone have good stories related to it?? Thanx.

How can I change user permissions through CLI. Because I am assuming it is the same as windows so to speak so I should be able to deny user permissions to Konquerer in each profile or user account. If there is a way to do it through the GUI that would be great too. I just haven't figured it out yet. Thanx.

OK, Can I go into /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc and edit the last line: exec /etc/X11/Xsession $* to: exec home/student/firefox/firefox So ONLY the browser will come up? I figure I should get an opinion before I try it. Thanx.

OMG

I guess I'm not sure. I am learning linux on the fly here so....

OK, Thanks guys! I am able to manuever much better now... What I need to edit is /etc/rc.local so programs automatically start upon booting into an account. I want Firefox 0.8 to start and be displayed right away upon the boot up. I edited the last line int /etc/rc.local and added these lines at the end based upon the directions in the table of contents thread: su - ramfree17 -c /home/student/firefox tmpwatch -fa 120 /tmp And it's not quite doing what I want to... What am I doing wrong?

Is there a way to configure the login screen so I can login as root? I have another user account and that is the only one that comes up upon boot up. I need to modify a couple of files and obviously I don't have permission under the other user's account. ALso, is Kedit a command I can use to modify files in Mandrake? Thank you. [moved from Software by spinynorman]

yeah basically that is what I am looking for.

Actually, I have firefox configured to reject the sites I don't want them to visit. I just need to know how to limit or restrict their access to the desktop. For instance I don't want them to be able to go into the task bar and use run command to go to a site I don't want them at. In fact I don't want them to access anything on the desktop. I just want the browser to boot by default...which I already have configured as well... and lock any access to anything on the desktop environment.

Hello, what is the easiest way to restrict access to the KDE desktop environment? I have Mozilla firefox restricted from accessing certain sites and I need to restrict access to the KDE environment. I need an option better than having the taskbar hide, so people can't type url's into the run command box.

when I try to /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy I get an permission denied error. I am in root.

I am having trouble unpacking the content and and installing the itmodem-2.6-alk-2.tar build from my floppy so I can edit it according to the instructions from the general help portion of this forum. I am sure it is something stupid I am not doing in the command line but I am new to linux and not extremely familiar with all the commands. Could someone offer some help with this? I am using Mandrake 10 and have the tar file on my floppy and I am trying to get it upacked and install it on the hard drive so I can edit the drivers makefile according to those instructions. I have an IBM laptop with a crappy winmodem and it looks like this is the solution I just need to get the ball rolling. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks