Why isn't my custom GNOME launcher showing
I'm trying to get a launcher to show up on Arch linux with Gnome 3.8 but for some reason it doesn't show up on the menu. I have to strip down the version of the original sublime_text.desktop file
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Sublime Text
Exec=/opt/sublime_text/sublime_text %F
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=sublime-text
Comment=Test message
For some reason, no matter what I do it doesn't show up. I tried putting it both in /usr/share/applications/ and ~/.local/share/applications/ but neither work.
linux gnome arch-linux sublime-text-2
edited Sep 24 '13 at 20:03
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asked Sep 24 '13 at 19:14
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I'm trying to get a launcher to show up on Arch linux with Gnome 3.8 but for some reason it doesn't show up on the menu. I have to strip down the version of the original sublime_text.desktop file
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Sublime Text
Exec=/opt/sublime_text/sublime_text %F
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=sublime-text
Comment=Test message
For some reason, no matter what I do it doesn't show up. I tried putting it both in /usr/share/applications/ and ~/.local/share/applications/ but neither work.
linux gnome arch-linux sublime-text-2
edited Sep 24 '13 at 20:03
terdon
41.8k990139
asked Sep 24 '13 at 19:14
AncariusAncarius
12
You may want to try an absolute path to your icon (even though that isn't always necessary). Also, have you marked it executable (chmod +x myentry.desktop)?
– nerdwaller
Sep 24 '13 at 21:33
Yes, I've tried setting permissions to 0777. Didn't work. Good point with the icon but it's trivial as Gnome simply leaves the icon blank if it doesn't find one. I'm thinking it's more of an issue with Gnome 3.8 or some environment variable not set in Arch's Gnome package.
– Ancarius
Sep 27 '13 at 7:25
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I'm trying to get a launcher to show up on Arch linux with Gnome 3.8 but for some reason it doesn't show up on the menu. I have to strip down the version of the original sublime_text.desktop file
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Sublime Text
Exec=/opt/sublime_text/sublime_text %F
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=sublime-text
Comment=Test message
For some reason, no matter what I do it doesn't show up. I tried putting it both in /usr/share/applications/ and ~/.local/share/applications/ but neither work.
linux gnome arch-linux sublime-text-2
edited Sep 24 '13 at 20:03
terdon
41.8k990139
asked Sep 24 '13 at 19:14
AncariusAncarius
12
I'm trying to get a launcher to show up on Arch linux with Gnome 3.8 but for some reason it doesn't show up on the menu. I have to strip down the version of the original sublime_text.desktop file
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Sublime Text
Exec=/opt/sublime_text/sublime_text %F
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=sublime-text
Comment=Test message
For some reason, no matter what I do it doesn't show up. I tried putting it both in /usr/share/applications/ and ~/.local/share/applications/ but neither work.
linux gnome arch-linux sublime-text-2
linux gnome arch-linux sublime-text-2
edited Sep 24 '13 at 20:03
terdon
41.8k990139
asked Sep 24 '13 at 19:14
AncariusAncarius
12
edited Sep 24 '13 at 20:03
terdon
41.8k990139
asked Sep 24 '13 at 19:14
AncariusAncarius
12
edited Sep 24 '13 at 20:03
terdon
41.8k990139
edited Sep 24 '13 at 20:03
terdon
41.8k990139
edited Sep 24 '13 at 20:03
terdon
41.8k990139
41.8k990139
asked Sep 24 '13 at 19:14
AncariusAncarius
12
asked Sep 24 '13 at 19:14
AncariusAncarius
12
asked Sep 24 '13 at 19:14
AncariusAncarius
12
12
You may want to try an absolute path to your icon (even though that isn't always necessary). Also, have you marked it executable (chmod +x myentry.desktop)?
– nerdwaller
Sep 24 '13 at 21:33
Yes, I've tried setting permissions to 0777. Didn't work. Good point with the icon but it's trivial as Gnome simply leaves the icon blank if it doesn't find one. I'm thinking it's more of an issue with Gnome 3.8 or some environment variable not set in Arch's Gnome package.
– Ancarius
Sep 27 '13 at 7:25
add a comment |
You may want to try an absolute path to your icon (even though that isn't always necessary). Also, have you marked it executable (chmod +x myentry.desktop)?
– nerdwaller
Sep 24 '13 at 21:33
Yes, I've tried setting permissions to 0777. Didn't work. Good point with the icon but it's trivial as Gnome simply leaves the icon blank if it doesn't find one. I'm thinking it's more of an issue with Gnome 3.8 or some environment variable not set in Arch's Gnome package.
– Ancarius
Sep 27 '13 at 7:25
You may want to try an absolute path to your icon (even though that isn't always necessary). Also, have you marked it executable (
chmod +x myentry.desktop)?– nerdwaller
Sep 24 '13 at 21:33
You may want to try an absolute path to your icon (even though that isn't always necessary). Also, have you marked it executable (
chmod +x myentry.desktop)?– nerdwaller
Sep 24 '13 at 21:33
Yes, I've tried setting permissions to 0777. Didn't work. Good point with the icon but it's trivial as Gnome simply leaves the icon blank if it doesn't find one. I'm thinking it's more of an issue with Gnome 3.8 or some environment variable not set in Arch's Gnome package.
– Ancarius
Sep 27 '13 at 7:25
Yes, I've tried setting permissions to 0777. Didn't work. Good point with the icon but it's trivial as Gnome simply leaves the icon blank if it doesn't find one. I'm thinking it's more of an issue with Gnome 3.8 or some environment variable not set in Arch's Gnome package.
– Ancarius
Sep 27 '13 at 7:25
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Usually this is due to a wrong or missing command path.
So triple check the command and try using an absolute Path to the Binary.
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Usually this is due to a wrong or missing command path.
So triple check the command and try using an absolute Path to the Binary.
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Usually this is due to a wrong or missing command path.
So triple check the command and try using an absolute Path to the Binary.
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Usually this is due to a wrong or missing command path.
So triple check the command and try using an absolute Path to the Binary.
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Usually this is due to a wrong or missing command path.
So triple check the command and try using an absolute Path to the Binary.
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You may want to try an absolute path to your icon (even though that isn't always necessary). Also, have you marked it executable (
chmod +x myentry.desktop)?– nerdwaller
Sep 24 '13 at 21:33
Yes, I've tried setting permissions to 0777. Didn't work. Good point with the icon but it's trivial as Gnome simply leaves the icon blank if it doesn't find one. I'm thinking it's more of an issue with Gnome 3.8 or some environment variable not set in Arch's Gnome package.
– Ancarius
Sep 27 '13 at 7:25