On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Daniel Graña <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 7:13 AM, harsha <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> you need to add awesome.desktop under /usr/share/applications/ >> as gnome expects a desktop file in >> /usr/share/applications matching the value in >> desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager >> >> put the following into awesome.desktop >> [Desktop Entry] >> Version=1.0 >> Type=Application >> Name=Awesome >> Comment=The awesome launcher! >> TryExec=awesome >> Exec=awesome >> > > Do not you think that this fix the following warning message: > gnome-session[1613]: WARNING: Unable to find provider 'awesome' of required > component 'windowmanager' > > I get it after following instructions at > http://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/Quickly_Setting_up_Awesome_with_Gnome > > This seems your approach obsoletes the creation of > .config/autostart/awesome.desktop, that I think it is a workaround for the > problem behind he warning message. > > So, if creating this .desktop file under /usr/share/applications works > without creating the autostart desktop file (I tested it and it works > actually), do you know what is the analogous place in home directory to add > applications .desktop files? > I found it, put the same file under ~/.local/share/applications/ to be clear: $ cat ~/.local/share/applications/awesome.desktop > [Desktop Entry] > Version=1.0 > Type=Application > Name=Awesome > Comment=The awesome launcher! TryExec=awesome Exec=awesome I will update this wiki page http://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/Quickly_Setting_up_Awesome_with_Gnome if noone complains. thanks, Daniel
