put in your starterscript: cd /path/to/your/workingdir before you call the applet ... and also export DISPLAY=:0
has your applet graphical output? because you say output to console ... ? Peter Neubauer wrote: > > Hi there, > > On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:09 AM, vale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> you have to look into the corresponding .desktop file in >> /usr/share/applications i think .. there is a line exec= which contains >> the >> command used to start the application. it should look like the command >> you >> use from the terminal > Yes, I have a starter script in /usr/bin/ and are calling that with > exec=myApp from the .desktop file, but still the question is where > standard output is directed to and what the working dir is if I do not > have a shell and start the program via click on the desktop item? > > starting the app with > export DISPLAY=:0.0 > testApp > > works fine with working dir=. and the output to the console ... > > /peter > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Java-Application-output-and-working-directory-on-2008.8--tp1114743p1114808.html Sent from the Openmoko Community mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
