Linux Mint

K9COPY won't launch from MintMenu (ok from command line)

Bug #677773 reported by Ardo Beltza
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Linux Mint
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Bug Description

Using Linux Mint 10 Julia 32bit.

After installing k9copy v2.3.5 from the repos, although it installs two entries (as expected) in the menu system under 'Sound & Video', neither menu entry 'k9copy' nor 'k9copy assistant' will launch the application. I am unable to find any error reported in any log.

The application can be run perfectly either from the command line 'k9copy &' or by making a short cut on the desktop.

This application functions correctly under Ubuntu 10.10.

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Marcos (maestro285) wrote :

Same problem here.

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Justin Krehel (jkrehel) wrote :

Thank you for reporting this bug!

This issue has to do with the way the menu entries are written in -- k9copy (seemingly) takes KDE and QT options which are not recognised. You can get k9copy to launch from the mintMenu by going to the entry, right-clicking on it, and selecting "Edit properties." The command line will look like ' k9copy -caption "%c" %i %m %u ' which does not work. If the command is reduced down to simply ' k9copy ' the program will launch file. Do not copy the single quotes into the command. :)

For now this will be the fix unless a decision is made to make a patch to the postinst of the package for LM (We will have to see how the behaviours work on Mint KDE as well before making a final decision).

Thank you again for letting us know about this!

Kind regards

Justin

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Topo (topogigiogio) wrote :

    I am running Mint 10 32bit and I made the change you recommend, but that did not solve my problem. I can, however, launch the application from the terminal with 'k9copy ' our 'k9copy --assistant' and it works.

Any other ideas to solve this issue?

Ikey Doherty (ikey)
Changed in linuxmint:
status: New → Triaged
tags: added: desktop file invalid k9copy
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