Solved: Synaptic Won't Open With Shortcut

[patbrandon1]

My Synaptic package manager will not start when I use the the launcher.  It will open in a terminal after i su it.  Just an annoyance, any suggestions on how to fix that?  I looked around the forum for about an hour, but if you have a link to something I missed that would be cool.  I tried to re-install it but no go.  I'm using upgraded pclinuxos-kde-2011.09.

Thanks for your time.

[pinoc]

exit your session (logout/login) or reboot, and see if that helps?

[patbrandon1]

Than you Pinoc.  That worked, but I am looking for info about how to tell what processes are running, and how to figure out what command to run in a terminal to run a program.  I used to know how to figure it out.  Like if I wanted to run Amarok, where do I look in that program to figure out the command line entry?  I will continue to look around but if you have any ideas I would be grateful.  Thanks

[Old-Polack]

Than you Pinoc.  That worked, but I am looking for info about how to tell what processes are running, and how to figure out what command to run in a terminal to run a program.  I used to know how to figure it out.  Like if I wanted to run Amarok, where do I look in that program to figure out the command line entry?  I will continue to look around but if you have any ideas I would be grateful.  Thanks

You open a terminal and at the prompt type amarok then press the Enter key.

[pinoc]

usually you do not need to know the command to run a program, just start it from the start menu subentries or the desktop launchers. Else open a terminal (e.g. "konsole" in KDE) and enter the name of the program, like amarok and press the Enter key. Or open a desktop launcher in a text editor and look at the Exec-line. Or check the details of the start menu entries browsing them in the menu editor.

[ternor]

If you want to know the exact command in the menu selection, right click on the menu icon and select "Edit applications."