Gnome application launcher works but crashes Gnome on login
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I downloaded a program (utility that performs programming on amateur radios) called Chirp. Like many other utilities I have downloaded I created a launcher for Gnome. I created the following launcher in .local/share/applications.
When I saved it, the icon was in the dock, I clicked it... it worked. The next time I booted, Gnome crashed as soon as I logged in, disabling all extensions. Assuming it would be the last thing I did, I moved chirp.desktop to my Desktop, re-enabled extensions, rebooted and, sure enough... it worked fine.
I exercised the lanucher by clicking on it... it worked fine. So I moved it back into the correct local folder. Icon showed up on dock. I clicked it... it worked fine. Rebooted for a test.... and on login... gnome crashed. Moved the file out to my Desktop again, re-enabled extensions... all was fine. Studied this file until my eyes bled and I can't see anything wrong. Tested it from the Desktop again... works fine. Put the file back where it goes... it shows up in the dock and works fine. Reboot....login... and gnome crashes.
Bottom line: if this file is IN the .local/share/applications folder when I log in, Gnome crashes. But it works fine when I leave it on the desktop.
I have looked all over seeking info about whether or not Gnome logs failures like this (so that I can focus on what it is that Gnome OR the extension is not liking! It MIGHT actually be the extension having the hard time...but I have no way of knowing.
I have compared this one to others that I have that work fine and can STAY in the folder without causing a crash...and I simply can't see anything wrong.
Behind the first one is a much simpler one that I tried to create from a tutorial example that I found...and it does the exact same thing. Works from
the Desk top. When you move it into the folder it works fine. The next time you log in, gnome crashes.
(This is on Fedora 22 Desktop Distribution)
FIRST ONE
[Desktop Entry]
Categories=
Comment=Chirp Amateur Radio Programming Tool
Comment[en]=Chirp Amateur Radio Programming Tool
Encoding=UTF-8
Exec=/home/bob/local/chirp/chirpw
GenericName=
GenericName[en]=
Icon=/home/bob/local/chirp/share/chirp.ico
MimeType=
Name=Chirp
Name[en]=Chirp
Path=/home/bob/local/chirp
ServiceTypes=
SwallowExec=
SwallowTitle=
Terminal=
TerminalOptions=
Type=Application
URL=
SECOND ONE
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Chirp
Comment=Chirp Amateur Radio Programming Tool
Exec=/home/bob/local/chirp/chirpw
Icon=/home/bob/local/chirp/share/chirp.ico
Terminal=false
gnome
edited Feb 11 at 19:30
Rui F Ribeiro
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asked Feb 11 at 18:45
Bob RuthBob Ruth
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I downloaded a program (utility that performs programming on amateur radios) called Chirp. Like many other utilities I have downloaded I created a launcher for Gnome. I created the following launcher in .local/share/applications.
When I saved it, the icon was in the dock, I clicked it... it worked. The next time I booted, Gnome crashed as soon as I logged in, disabling all extensions. Assuming it would be the last thing I did, I moved chirp.desktop to my Desktop, re-enabled extensions, rebooted and, sure enough... it worked fine.
I exercised the lanucher by clicking on it... it worked fine. So I moved it back into the correct local folder. Icon showed up on dock. I clicked it... it worked fine. Rebooted for a test.... and on login... gnome crashed. Moved the file out to my Desktop again, re-enabled extensions... all was fine. Studied this file until my eyes bled and I can't see anything wrong. Tested it from the Desktop again... works fine. Put the file back where it goes... it shows up in the dock and works fine. Reboot....login... and gnome crashes.
Bottom line: if this file is IN the .local/share/applications folder when I log in, Gnome crashes. But it works fine when I leave it on the desktop.
I have looked all over seeking info about whether or not Gnome logs failures like this (so that I can focus on what it is that Gnome OR the extension is not liking! It MIGHT actually be the extension having the hard time...but I have no way of knowing.
I have compared this one to others that I have that work fine and can STAY in the folder without causing a crash...and I simply can't see anything wrong.
Behind the first one is a much simpler one that I tried to create from a tutorial example that I found...and it does the exact same thing. Works from
the Desk top. When you move it into the folder it works fine. The next time you log in, gnome crashes.
(This is on Fedora 22 Desktop Distribution)
FIRST ONE
[Desktop Entry]
Categories=
Comment=Chirp Amateur Radio Programming Tool
Comment[en]=Chirp Amateur Radio Programming Tool
Encoding=UTF-8
Exec=/home/bob/local/chirp/chirpw
GenericName=
GenericName[en]=
Icon=/home/bob/local/chirp/share/chirp.ico
MimeType=
Name=Chirp
Name[en]=Chirp
Path=/home/bob/local/chirp
ServiceTypes=
SwallowExec=
SwallowTitle=
Terminal=
TerminalOptions=
Type=Application
URL=
SECOND ONE
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Chirp
Comment=Chirp Amateur Radio Programming Tool
Exec=/home/bob/local/chirp/chirpw
Icon=/home/bob/local/chirp/share/chirp.ico
Terminal=false
gnome
edited Feb 11 at 19:30
Rui F Ribeiro
41.1k1480138
asked Feb 11 at 18:45
Bob RuthBob Ruth
1
what if you take outEncoding=UTF-8? It's deprecated.
– Andra
Feb 16 at 20:47
add a comment |
I downloaded a program (utility that performs programming on amateur radios) called Chirp. Like many other utilities I have downloaded I created a launcher for Gnome. I created the following launcher in .local/share/applications.
When I saved it, the icon was in the dock, I clicked it... it worked. The next time I booted, Gnome crashed as soon as I logged in, disabling all extensions. Assuming it would be the last thing I did, I moved chirp.desktop to my Desktop, re-enabled extensions, rebooted and, sure enough... it worked fine.
I exercised the lanucher by clicking on it... it worked fine. So I moved it back into the correct local folder. Icon showed up on dock. I clicked it... it worked fine. Rebooted for a test.... and on login... gnome crashed. Moved the file out to my Desktop again, re-enabled extensions... all was fine. Studied this file until my eyes bled and I can't see anything wrong. Tested it from the Desktop again... works fine. Put the file back where it goes... it shows up in the dock and works fine. Reboot....login... and gnome crashes.
Bottom line: if this file is IN the .local/share/applications folder when I log in, Gnome crashes. But it works fine when I leave it on the desktop.
I have looked all over seeking info about whether or not Gnome logs failures like this (so that I can focus on what it is that Gnome OR the extension is not liking! It MIGHT actually be the extension having the hard time...but I have no way of knowing.
I have compared this one to others that I have that work fine and can STAY in the folder without causing a crash...and I simply can't see anything wrong.
Behind the first one is a much simpler one that I tried to create from a tutorial example that I found...and it does the exact same thing. Works from
the Desk top. When you move it into the folder it works fine. The next time you log in, gnome crashes.
(This is on Fedora 22 Desktop Distribution)
FIRST ONE
[Desktop Entry]
Categories=
Comment=Chirp Amateur Radio Programming Tool
Comment[en]=Chirp Amateur Radio Programming Tool
Encoding=UTF-8
Exec=/home/bob/local/chirp/chirpw
GenericName=
GenericName[en]=
Icon=/home/bob/local/chirp/share/chirp.ico
MimeType=
Name=Chirp
Name[en]=Chirp
Path=/home/bob/local/chirp
ServiceTypes=
SwallowExec=
SwallowTitle=
Terminal=
TerminalOptions=
Type=Application
URL=
SECOND ONE
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Chirp
Comment=Chirp Amateur Radio Programming Tool
Exec=/home/bob/local/chirp/chirpw
Icon=/home/bob/local/chirp/share/chirp.ico
Terminal=false
gnome
edited Feb 11 at 19:30
Rui F Ribeiro
41.1k1480138
asked Feb 11 at 18:45
Bob RuthBob Ruth
1
I downloaded a program (utility that performs programming on amateur radios) called Chirp. Like many other utilities I have downloaded I created a launcher for Gnome. I created the following launcher in .local/share/applications.
When I saved it, the icon was in the dock, I clicked it... it worked. The next time I booted, Gnome crashed as soon as I logged in, disabling all extensions. Assuming it would be the last thing I did, I moved chirp.desktop to my Desktop, re-enabled extensions, rebooted and, sure enough... it worked fine.
I exercised the lanucher by clicking on it... it worked fine. So I moved it back into the correct local folder. Icon showed up on dock. I clicked it... it worked fine. Rebooted for a test.... and on login... gnome crashed. Moved the file out to my Desktop again, re-enabled extensions... all was fine. Studied this file until my eyes bled and I can't see anything wrong. Tested it from the Desktop again... works fine. Put the file back where it goes... it shows up in the dock and works fine. Reboot....login... and gnome crashes.
Bottom line: if this file is IN the .local/share/applications folder when I log in, Gnome crashes. But it works fine when I leave it on the desktop.
I have looked all over seeking info about whether or not Gnome logs failures like this (so that I can focus on what it is that Gnome OR the extension is not liking! It MIGHT actually be the extension having the hard time...but I have no way of knowing.
I have compared this one to others that I have that work fine and can STAY in the folder without causing a crash...and I simply can't see anything wrong.
Behind the first one is a much simpler one that I tried to create from a tutorial example that I found...and it does the exact same thing. Works from
the Desk top. When you move it into the folder it works fine. The next time you log in, gnome crashes.
(This is on Fedora 22 Desktop Distribution)
FIRST ONE
[Desktop Entry]
Categories=
Comment=Chirp Amateur Radio Programming Tool
Comment[en]=Chirp Amateur Radio Programming Tool
Encoding=UTF-8
Exec=/home/bob/local/chirp/chirpw
GenericName=
GenericName[en]=
Icon=/home/bob/local/chirp/share/chirp.ico
MimeType=
Name=Chirp
Name[en]=Chirp
Path=/home/bob/local/chirp
ServiceTypes=
SwallowExec=
SwallowTitle=
Terminal=
TerminalOptions=
Type=Application
URL=
SECOND ONE
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Chirp
Comment=Chirp Amateur Radio Programming Tool
Exec=/home/bob/local/chirp/chirpw
Icon=/home/bob/local/chirp/share/chirp.ico
Terminal=false
gnome
gnome
edited Feb 11 at 19:30
Rui F Ribeiro
41.1k1480138
asked Feb 11 at 18:45
Bob RuthBob Ruth
1
edited Feb 11 at 19:30
Rui F Ribeiro
41.1k1480138
asked Feb 11 at 18:45
Bob RuthBob Ruth
1
edited Feb 11 at 19:30
Rui F Ribeiro
41.1k1480138
edited Feb 11 at 19:30
Rui F Ribeiro
41.1k1480138
edited Feb 11 at 19:30
Rui F Ribeiro
41.1k1480138
41.1k1480138
asked Feb 11 at 18:45
Bob RuthBob Ruth
1
asked Feb 11 at 18:45
Bob RuthBob Ruth
1
asked Feb 11 at 18:45
Bob RuthBob Ruth
1
1
what if you take outEncoding=UTF-8? It's deprecated.
– Andra
Feb 16 at 20:47
add a comment |
what if you take outEncoding=UTF-8? It's deprecated.
– Andra
Feb 16 at 20:47
what if you take out
Encoding=UTF-8 ? It's deprecated.– Andra
Feb 16 at 20:47
what if you take out
Encoding=UTF-8 ? It's deprecated.– Andra
Feb 16 at 20:47
add a comment |
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Encoding=UTF-8? It's deprecated.– Andra
Feb 16 at 20:47