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PyCoder
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 Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2018 5:50 pm Post subject: .desktop file not working on KDE! |
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Hi
I've a little problem with my .desktop-file.
i created this file:
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[Desktop Entry]
Name=Teamspeak 3 Client
GenericName=Teamspeak
Icon=/usr/local/share/teamspeak/teamspeak.png
Terminal=false
Exec=/usr/local/bin/teamspeak
StartupNotify=true
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Categories=Network
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desktop-file-validate doesn't show me any error in the file itself, BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT
the file doesn't work on KDE!
Gnome = working!
KDE = Not working!
Btw it doesn't matte if i put the file into /usr/share/applications, /usr/local/share/applications or ~/.local/share/applications, it's not working on KDE![/quote]
Can someone tell me wtf the problem is? |
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Hu
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2018 1:42 am Post subject: |
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| The problem is that you did not tell us how it fails. "Does not work" is a very vague problem description. What did you do that you expected to work? What did the system do in response? What error messages did it print? |
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mega_flow
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2018 11:19 am Post subject: |
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I create a Desktop file for world of warcraft and this work for me
| Code: | [Desktop Entry]
Name=Battle.net
Comment=Blizzard® Battle.net® app
Exec=/home/user/bin/Battle.net
Icon=56B4_Battle.net Launcher.0
Type=Application
Categories=Game;Network;
Actions=Wow64;
[Desktop Action Wow64]
Name=World Of Warcraft
Exec=/home/user/bin/Wow64 |
kde plasma have a default menu-edit. Right click on the start icon
U cant create 1 for your app. This way |
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PyCoder
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2018 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Hu wrote: | | The problem is that you did not tell us how it fails. "Does not work" is a very vague problem description. What did you do that you expected to work? What did the system do in response? What error messages did it print? |
I click on the entry in the menu and for 1 second the icon/window-indicator appears in the taskbar and disappears... thats it..
No error message.. nothing...
| Code: | [pycoder@gentoo applications]$ desktop-file-validate teamspeak.desktop
[pycoder@gentoo applications]$ pwd
/usr/share/applications
[pycoder@gentoo applications]$ cat teamspeak.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Teamspeak 3 Client
Comment=Teamspeak Client to communicate with other people
GenericName=Teamspeak
Icon=/usr/local/share/teamspeak/teamspeak.png
Terminal=false
Exec=/usr/local/bin/teamspeak
StartupNotify=true
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Categories=Network
[pycoder@gentoo applications]$
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The file is valid, but doesn't work on KDE but on the other hand the file works on Gnome!
UPDATE: with "EXEC= sh /usr/local/bin/teamspeak" it works on KDE... WTF!
Why does it need "sh" on KDE but not on Gnome? It's working via terminal only with "teamspeak" and the teamspeak has the shebang (#!/bin/bash) and is executable! |
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Hu
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| Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2018 12:44 am Post subject: |
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Appearing briefly and then vanishing is not the form of failure I first associate with "does not work", since it does work very briefly.
As for why it works in one and not the other, I suspect there are differences in how the program is executed. dev-util/strace could tell you exactly how the two paths differ. |
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ct85711
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| Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2018 1:16 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Why does it need "sh" on KDE but not on Gnome? It's working via terminal only with "teamspeak" and the teamspeak has the shebang (#!/bin/bash) and is executable! |
Ok, you are saying it runs fine if it is run in a terminal window, so shouldn't you also set
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Fitzcarraldo
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| Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2018 10:18 am Post subject: |
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| ct85711 wrote: | | Quote: | | Why does it need "sh" on KDE but not on Gnome? It's working via terminal only with "teamspeak" and the teamspeak has the shebang (#!/bin/bash) and is executable! |
Ok, you are saying it runs fine if it is run in a terminal window, so shouldn't you also set
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Well spotted.
To launch a Bash script in a minimised terminal window, I use xterm with the '-iconic' X Toolkit Option, as follows:
| Code: | Exec=xterm -iconic -e "bash -c /usr/local/bin/teamspeak"
Terminal=false |
Setting 'Terminal' to 'false' is counter-intuitive but works if Exec is done this way. On the other hand, if one does not mind if the window is not minimised:
| Code: | Exec=xterm -e "bash -c /usr/local/bin/teamspeak"
Terminal=false |
or, to launch in Konsole rather than in xterm:
| Code: | Exec=bash -c /usr/local/bin/teamspeak
Terminal=true |
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PyCoder
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| Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2018 11:34 am Post subject: |
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Hi guys
thanks for the respond...
The question is now.. "why does it work on gnome without "sh" (terminal) but not in kde", i mean they should follow the specifications of freedesktop?
Whatever, i thank you all for the help and set it to "solved"  |
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Fitzcarraldo
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| Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2018 12:41 pm Post subject: |
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With 'Terminal=true' you need to check which terminal program each DE is launching based on the key you specified in 'Exec='. KDE by default uses Konsole and GNOME by default uses gnome-terminal, i.e. two completely different programs, and their default behaviour and options could be different (have a look at their man pages).
Have a look at the Bash script itself, in case it contains any clues. I don't have TeamSpeak installed, but I do have a Bash script which I can launch successfully in KDE by double-clicking on a .desktop file containing the following:
| Code: | Exec=/home/fitzcarraldo/keep_mouse_moving.sh
Terminal=false |
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