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02-03-2005, 09:53 AM
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Registered: May 2004
Location: Ohio, USA
Distribution: LinuxMint Gloria, Ubuntu 9.10
Posts: 299
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add launcher to menu?
I don't know why I can't add a launcher to the Applications menu. I Open the Applications menu, go to the section I want to add the launcher, right click to access the "Entire Menu" selection, select "Add new item to this menu" - type in all the relevant info... and...
nothing.
I've even tried it as root - no go. Nothing shows up in the menu. I double-checked the location I'm using for the launcher... I jus' dunno anymore.
I'm on Slack 10 current
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02-03-2005, 10:10 AM
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Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Columbus, OH
Distribution: Slackware 12.2
Posts: 166
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Have you restarted X Windows since you added them? For some reason I have to restart X in order for new launchers to appear.
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02-04-2005, 08:41 PM
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Member
Registered: May 2004
Location: Ohio, USA
Distribution: LinuxMint Gloria, Ubuntu 9.10
Posts: 299
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I restart after an attempt at making a new launcher and ... nothing. It's like I never even tried to add it.
I am using Gnome, btw... Maybe I should try and like get to like KDE's "Mattel" looks...
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02-05-2005, 12:42 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Stockton, CA
Distribution: Slackware 11 - kernel 2.6.19.1 - Dropline Gnome 2.16.2
Posts: 1,132
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open up Nautilus. In the location bar (if you don't have one, use the menus) go to: Look around in there and see if you can find the entries that you added. If you can (you should) it is actually a .desktop file. If you open it up. You may find that a line "TryExec=" is in it. If so, delete that line. Should work now.
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02-05-2005, 10:41 PM
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Member
Registered: May 2004
Location: Ohio, USA
Distribution: LinuxMint Gloria, Ubuntu 9.10
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Shilo! Once again the rescuer! I did indeed find the launchers in "applications:///", but how do I open the launcher without launching the application? I can right-click the launcher and "Edit Launcher" - but that doesn't show me much - nothing with "TryExec=" in it anyways...
I'm about 50% there...
But why does this happen? It didn't used to when I first started with Slack 10... ?
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02-06-2005, 02:59 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Stockton, CA
Distribution: Slackware 11 - kernel 2.6.19.1 - Dropline Gnome 2.16.2
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Why does it happen? I don't know very well. It's some new upcoming feature in Gnome that hasn't been fully implemented yet. Clearly, it is still a bit buggy.
How to edit the launcher? Let's say that the launcher is called Program. It's actually Program.desktop. How do you edit it? Open up gedit, but not maximized. Drag the launcher and drop it on the gedit window. There, it will open up, with a bunch of text for you to check out. TryExec should be near the bottom.
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02-07-2005, 09:07 PM
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Registered: May 2004
Location: Ohio, USA
Distribution: LinuxMint Gloria, Ubuntu 9.10
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Grrrrr.... I did all that - and a big thangew, by the way - but the file *.desktop is labelled "RO". I've looked all over to find and change the ownership/permissions of this launcher, but can't find it anywhere.
I've tried to open Gedit from the command line as root, then open Nautilus from command line as root and dragging/dropping a launcher from Nautilus to Gedit... but it still won't let me edit the file.
Where do these launchers live so I can change the ownership/permissions with MC?
Last edited by noxious; 02-08-2005 at 08:38 AM.
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02-08-2005, 04:43 PM
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Location: Ohio, USA
Distribution: LinuxMint Gloria, Ubuntu 9.10
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I got it fixed - I thought I should post how it works, for others with the same question.
The launchers that you add (or try to add) reside in /home/<name>/.gnome2/vfolders/applications
I opened a terminal and navigated there using nautilus, as root and dragged/dropped the launcher into another opened gedit window. There, I deleted the "TryExec" line.
Save the file. All should be well now...
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02-08-2005, 05:33 PM
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Registered: Feb 2005
Distribution: slack 10
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Quote:
Originally posted by noxious
I opened a terminal and navigated there using nautilus, as root and dragged/dropped the launcher into another opened gedit window.
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if you have trouble opening files as root you could also just type "gedit launchername" as root
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02-09-2005, 01:42 PM
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Location: Ohio, USA
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Cool!
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02-09-2005, 04:43 PM
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Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Stockton, CA
Distribution: Slackware 11 - kernel 2.6.19.1 - Dropline Gnome 2.16.2
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Quote:
you could also just type "gedit launchername" as root
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This is true. My only trouble (and I'm sure this will sound dumb) is remembering the launcher name. Especially when it's under "applications:///" or something.
Which reminds me of a cool trick. Maybe everyone else already knows this. Set up a panel on the bottom of your screen in Gnome. Only put launchers in the panel. If you take something like gedit and add a launcher for it on the panel, you can simply drag file icons onto the launcher to have them open in gedit. Works for a whole bunch of different stuff.
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02-19-2005, 03:44 AM
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Member
Registered: Apr 2004
Location: Belgium
Distribution: Fedora Core 2
Posts: 42
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Can't create any launchers on desktop either
Hi Guys,
i'm an 'advanced' newbie with a similar problem. I'm on Gnome with FC3 and i can not add any launchers to the desktop. When i create a new launcher for a app, nothing happens when i close the add launcher window. Sometimes when i reboot the launcher is there, sometimes not. I don't know what the pattern is there. Also, when i mount a drive (my vfat windows drive or my usb flashdrive) no icon appears on the desktop either, but the drive is accessible through the filebrouwser.
I checked for the .gnome2/vfolder/ dir, but i don't have it. Any suggestions .... thanks !!
Kind regards,
Patrick
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