Thread: Unity launcher doesn't launch

dear all,

upgraded natty weekend, don't have experience unity yet. tried create launcher, starts application on vmware virtual machine using vmware-unity-helper (lot's of unity here .

anyway, created launcher, e.g. ms project:

code:

> cat ms\ project\ 2007\ pro\ vm.desktop   #!/usr/bin/env xdg-open    [desktop entry]  version=1.0  type=application  terminal=false  icon[en_us]=x-vmware-564d30e807cd38d7-86130670192a99ac-microsoft-project-professional  name[en_us]=ms project 2007 pro vm  comment[en_us]=start mspe4xfel on vm  exec=/home/wichmann/bin/vmstartapp winproj.exe  name=ms project 2007 pro vm  comment=start mspe4xfel on vm  icon=x-vmware-564d30e807cd38d7-86130670192a99ac-microsoft-project-professional

the exec command little python script, checks whether vm running , executes vmware-unity-helper command correct path , all.

launcher works, when double-click in in nautilus. when drag'n'drop unity bar , click nothing happens. pulses (as if application start) nothing happens.

ideas?

thanks,
riko

posted rikow

dear all,

upgraded natty weekend, don't have experience unity yet. tried create launcher, starts application on vmware virtual machine using vmware-unity-helper (lot's of unity here .

anyway, created launcher, e.g. ms project:

code:

> cat ms\ project\ 2007\ pro\ vm.desktop   #!/usr/bin/env xdg-open    [desktop entry]  version=1.0  type=application  terminal=false  icon[en_us]=x-vmware-564d30e807cd38d7-86130670192a99ac-microsoft-project-professional  name[en_us]=ms project 2007 pro vm  comment[en_us]=start mspe4xfel on vm  exec=/home/wichmann/bin/vmstartapp winproj.exe  name=ms project 2007 pro vm  comment=start mspe4xfel on vm  icon=x-vmware-564d30e807cd38d7-86130670192a99ac-microsoft-project-professional

the exec command little python script, checks whether vm running , executes vmware-unity-helper command correct path , all.

launcher works, when double-click in in nautilus. when drag'n'drop unity bar , click nothing happens. pulses (as if application start) nothing happens.

ideas?

thanks,
riko

hi, in signature power users guide natty, click on , go down launchers , tell how make launchers natty.

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