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Taijian

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Registered: 2016-04-10

Posts: 74

Tilix (renamed Terminix): Problem with .desktop configuration

I am using Tilix (freshly renamed from Terminix - https://github.com/gnunn1/tilix) as my terminal within GNOME, as I really prefer it's tiling ability to plain gnome-terminal.

Now, I have a problem that makes me feel like I'm probably missing something really obvious, or making a really dumb mistake, and I'm looking for someone to point it out to me .

I'd like to autostart Tilix with my gnome shell. To this end I've used gnome-tweak-tool to create a .desktop file in ~/.config/autostart. Said .desktop file works in that it starts the program on startup. However, I'd like to pass some command line options to the program when starting it from said .desktop file. So I have edited the .desktop from:

Exec=tilix

to

Exec=tilix --maximize --session=Default.json

This change, however, does not change the programs execution in the slightest. In contrast, when I type the same two commands into a console, the result looks like this from the .desktop file vs this from command line.

What am I doing wrong?

radiomike

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Registered: 2013-12-19

Posts: 73

Re: Tilix (renamed Terminix): Problem with .desktop configuration

Have just been struggling with this myself. After some trial and error, if I remove or comment out the line below, then it executes the Exec as expected.

DBusActivatable=true

Taijian

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Registered: 2016-04-10

Posts: 74

Re: Tilix (renamed Terminix): Problem with .desktop configuration

Could you post your .desktop file? Because I just tried what you propose and for me commenting out the dbus line unfortunately does nothing .

ayekat

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Registered: 2011-01-17

Posts: 1,590

Re: Tilix (renamed Terminix): Problem with .desktop configuration

Where is your `Default.json` located?

BTW, your links appear dead. You can use a paste service instead of a file sharing site (or simply code tags, if the output is not too long).

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Taijian

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Registered: 2016-04-10

Posts: 74

Re: Tilix (renamed Terminix): Problem with .desktop configuration

That file is in my ~/.

But even if I edit the Exec= line to an absolute path, it still fails.

PrimeArgon

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From: Holsworthy, Devon

Registered: 2017-07-14

Posts: 15

Re: Tilix (renamed Terminix): Problem with .desktop configuration

If its a bug with the software have you filed it with the developer of the software or mentioned it to mainstream? Or even searched online to find a fix?

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radiomike

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Registered: 2013-12-19

Posts: 73

Re: Tilix (renamed Terminix): Problem with .desktop configuration

My Desktop file

com.gexperts.Tilix.desktop

The file Default.json is in my home directory.