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Dalian

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Registered: 2015-01-31

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[SOLVED]Gnome Apllication launchers don't work, commands do

Ever since the Clutter gstreamer problems on gnome 3.16 I've been trying to make totem work. Found a solution, but editing the desktop configuration in /usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Totem.desktop won't help Totem run. It's as if the launcher is oblivious to the configuration file, and changes won't take effect. I tried to solve it by having the whole session run on CLUTTER_BACKEND=x11, but that doesn't help either. Strangely, simply running a 'totem %U' or 'totem' command in the terminal works. Even thou when viewing the properties of the launcher it displayes the very same command input. This stands for all native gnome programs (Cheese, Maps).

Last edited by Dalian (2015-05-09 10:54:09)

Trilby

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Re: [SOLVED]Gnome Apllication launchers don't work, commands do

It's as if the launcher is oblivious to the configuration file

It's very likely that the file in /usr/share is not being used.  Check ~/.local/share/applications/ as described here.

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atrotet

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From: Reunion island

Registered: 2010-12-28

Posts: 26

Re: [SOLVED]Gnome Apllication launchers don't work, commands do

I am having the same problem where using nvidia proprietary driver I cannot start totem via default desktop files.
I have edited org.gnome.Totem.desktop to have the exec line read

Exec=sh -c 'CLUTTER_BACKEND=x11 totem %U'

I have tried to both edit in /usr/share/applications and by duplicating the file into .local/share/applications.
But it doesnt work. Strangely enough, as stated in this thread, it will work if you create a new desktop file with a different name.
Very weird, it is like gnome 3 bypasses the exec linecompletely for core apps only.
If anyone knows what is happening, I would also love to solve this.

atrotet

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From: Reunion island

Registered: 2010-12-28

Posts: 26

Re: [SOLVED]Gnome Apllication launchers don't work, commands do

found the solution from gnome wiki. It now works!

If DBusActivatable is true and the desktop file name looks like a valid application ID, then the Exec line will be ignored and your application will be started by way of D-Bus activation instead (using the name of the desktop file as the application ID).

change the option to false

DBusActivatable=false

Last edited by atrotet (2015-05-09 06:06:52)

omer666

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Registered: 2011-01-26

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Re: [SOLVED]Gnome Apllication launchers don't work, commands do

Another workaround:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 0#p1527190

Dalian

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From: Romania

Registered: 2015-01-31

Posts: 22

Re: [SOLVED]Gnome Apllication launchers don't work, commands do

Another workaround:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 0#p1527190

This one didn't work. But I am now running the entire gnome session with CLUTTER_BACKEND=x11 (added Export CLUTTER_BACKEND=x11 tot the xinitrc file)
Solved by marking Dbus as false

Last edited by Dalian (2015-05-09 15:32:39)