Umm I have checked the following now, the java process is created but it does not die, if I check with the 'top' command the process is there!!! but the GUI is not displayed :( El mié, 25-02-2004 a las 10:38, Esther Parrilla Endrino escribió: > Well, I have read all your responses and tried all possibilities but it > does not work yet... > My .desktop file looks like the following now: > > [Desktop Entry] > Name=dummy > Comment=dummy Script > Exec=/home/foo/script.sh > Type=Application > Terminal=true > > The script.sh just launches a Java application, including the following > lines: > > exec /usr/local/java -classpath . MyApp > > I have checked that the Java GUI is launched OK if I call directly the > script, and the script has execute permissions for all users... > I tried too to execute a 'cd' in the Exec field and after that call the > script but I did not work... :( > > As I said in my previous posting the terminal is opened and closed > suddenly and the Java process is created but dies... > > Any opinion? > > Thanks, > > e* > > > > > > > > > El mar, 24-02-2004 a las 18:02, Esther Parrilla Endrino escribió: > > Hi all, > > > > I have created a desktop icon in my $HOME/.gnome-desktop folder that > > launches a bash shell script, the code inside the *.desktop file is > > something like: > > > > [Desktop Entry] > > Name=dummy > > Comment=dummy Script > > Exec=/home/foo/script.sh > > Type=Application > > > > When I double click the icon in my desktop it does nothing! > > I have tried too to create the icon not manually but using the desktop > > options to create a new launcher and it does not work either... > > > > Is not possible to launch scripts from de Gnome desktop icons? Just > > binary executable files such as /usr/bin/mozilla? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > regards > > > > -- > > > > ~ Code matters more than comercials ~ > > > > -- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnome-list mailing list > > gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list > > > -- > > ~ Code matters more than comercials ~ > > -- -- Esther Parrilla Endrino Ground Segment Systems Division DEIMOS SPACE S.L. http://www.deimos-space.com e-mail: esther.parrilla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx tel: 00 34 91 806 34 57 ~ Code matters more than comercials ~ -- _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list