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herOldMan

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Registered: 2013-10-11

Posts: 163

[solved] new behavior: xfce4 custom panel launchers

I have a several custom shortcuts on my xfce4 panel. Some of them execute commands, for example:

ssh me@localhost

These no longer work after a recent upgrade. They throw an error like:

Failed to execute child process "ssh me@localhost" (No such file or directory)

The upgrade included only one package with obvious relevance: xfce4-panel-4.10.1-2, but downgrading did not correct the issue.

I can rework the command syntax and make them work, eg:

xfce4-terminal -x bash -c "ssh me@localhost"

But, I would like to better understand what changed (perhaps why).

Last edited by herOldMan (2015-03-08 17:04:22)

MoonSwan

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From: Great White North

Registered: 2008-01-23

Posts: 881

Re: [solved] new behavior: xfce4 custom panel launchers

I can't help you very much (sorry!) but I would like to know how you've made these shortcuts to begin with.  Could you expand on this or give a small how-to?  Maybe I could help if I could test your ideas?

I'm not all that familiar with XFCE4 but with the recent upgrades in [testing] I'm trying it out.  You might need to re-examine your shortcuts regardless just because of the new XFCE4 packages coming down the pipe.

Thank you,
MS

herOldMan

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Registered: 2013-10-11

Posts: 163

Re: [solved] new behavior: xfce4 custom panel launchers

Hi,

right-click panel > Add New Items > add Launcher > close
right-click new icon > properties > add new empty item > configure

A Future Pilot

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Registered: 2008-10-17

Posts: 120

Re: [solved] new behavior: xfce4 custom panel launchers

I'm using 4.12 from [testing], so it may have changed, but I see a checkmark to "run in terminal". You should be able to check that and then just make the command "ssh me@localhost".

herOldMan

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Registered: 2013-10-11

Posts: 163

Re: [solved] new behavior: xfce4 custom panel launchers

That's what used to work. It no longer does.

antsunrise

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Registered: 2014-12-19

Posts: 26

Re: [solved] new behavior: xfce4 custom panel launchers

On anothe rnote. Anyone get whisker menu to work on new one? I installed 4.12 on my other computer but keep getting whisker menu errors when I try to add it to panel.says To relaunch or whatever but never works.

GutoAndreollo

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Registered: 2015-03-07

Posts: 2

Re: [solved] new behavior: xfce4 custom panel launchers

I just updated to testing because of xfce-4.12, and whisker menu seems to be working fine here.

I did do a complete non-testing update and a reboot for good measure (2015-03-07 morning) before enabling testing, to make sure I was starting from solid ground.

Can you post the exact error you're getting?

Also, please do keep in mind that this behavior is pretty much what 'testing' implies

antsunrise

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Registered: 2014-12-19

Posts: 26

Re: [solved] new behavior: xfce4 custom panel launchers

It seems now fixed. Just woke up this morning and their was a whisker menu update. Guess bug was fixed.

foutrelis

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From: Athens, Greece

Registered: 2008-07-28

Posts: 705

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Re: [solved] new behavior: xfce4 custom panel launchers

OP's issue was caused by a patch added in exo 0.10.2-3. It was later fixed in exo 0.10.3-2 which was moved to [extra] today.

The fix has also been included in the upstream Git repo: http://git.xfce.org/xfce/exo/commit/?id=b4200c9

Edit: Problems with Whisker Menu plugin were most likely due to not enabling [community-testing] (in addition to [testing]) which contained the rebuilt package.

Last edited by foutrelis (2015-03-08 15:40:28)

herOldMan

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Registered: 2013-10-11

Posts: 163

Re: [solved] new behavior: xfce4 custom panel launchers

Thanks foutrelis, That was it.