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cloudy

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Registered: 2022-04-02

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Gnome does not detect .desktop file

So I've installed arch alongside windows and wanted to create a shortcut for rebooting straight into windows.
I know this should be possible with a .desktop file placed in /usr/share/applications but gnome somehow doesn't recognize it and doesn't create the menu entry.

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Reboot to Windows
Icon=windows-icon
Exec="/usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/grub-reboot 2 && /usr/bin/reboot"

desktop-file-validate windows.desktop

returns nothing, so I guess the syntax is fine?
Permissions are -rw-r--r-- and owner is root so that should be fine as well?

mpan

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Registered: 2012-08-01

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Re: Gnome does not detect .desktop file

You are missing the Type entry. The Exec entry should be a command, not a piece of shell code. GNOME may also require executable permission to be set for the file.

Last edited by mpan (2022-04-02 14:42:54)

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seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: Gnome does not detect .desktop file

And "sudo" will require a tty to ask for permissions, what's not gonna happen either. Try "pkexec"

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mpan

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Re: Gnome does not detect .desktop file

s/will/may/

It may be set to be passwordless in “/etc/sudoers”.

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