A look around the RipperX site gave me this, from the FAQ:
1. RipperX doesn't start from the Gnome Menu
RipperX won't start from the Gnome menu if there is an audio CD in the drive. I have no idea why. Workarounds are: start from prompt, or start RipperX without an audio CD in the drive.
looks like it is a known bug.
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]]>I would like to be able to launch it from my menu and not from a terminal, does anyone have a suggestion on how to fix this? (Before i botched up my first Arch install it was working as user from the menu but not on this install)
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