Package: gnome-panel
Version: 2.20.3-5
Severity: normal
Whenever I try to launch an app that has Terminal=true in its desktop
file, I get this error message,
Could not launch application
Failed to execute child process -x (No such file or directory)
It seems that gnome-panel is attempting to execute a program called -x:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ strace -f -F -p `pgrep gnome-panel` 21 | grep -i htop
lstat64(/usr/share/applications/htop.desktop, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644,
st_size=210, ...}) = 0
open(/usr/share/applications/htop.desktop, O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 30
[pid 17552] execve(/home/pabs/bin/-x, [-x, htop], [/* 28 vars */]) = -1
ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 17552] execve(/usr/local/bin/-x, [-x, htop], [/* 28 vars */]) = -1
ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 17552] execve(/usr/bin/-x, [-x, htop], [/* 28 vars */] unfinished
...
[pid 17552] execve(/bin/-x, [-x, htop], [/* 28 vars */] unfinished ...
[pid 17552] execve(/usr/bin/X11/-x, [-x, htop], [/* 28 vars */]) = -1
ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 17552] execve(/usr/games/-x, [-x, htop], [/* 28 vars */]) = -1
ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 17552] execve(/usr/local/games/-x, [-x, htop], [/* 28 vars */]) = -1
ENOENT (No such file or directory)
^C
The desktop file looks like this (same issue with other files):
$ cat /usr/share/applications/htop.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=0.7
Name=Htop
Type=Application
Comment=Show System Processes
Terminal=true
Exec=htop
Path=
Icon=htop
Categories=ConsoleOnly;System;Application;
GenericName=Process Viewer
Here is what the environment looks like:
$ cat /proc/`pgrep gnome-panel`/environ | tr '\0' '\n'
SHELL=/bin/bash
USER=pabs
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/keyring-ynOWyQ/ssh
GNOME_KEYRING_SOCKET=/tmp/keyring-ynOWyQ/socket
USERNAME=pabs
PATH=/home/pabs/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games:/usr/local/games
DESKTOP_SESSION=gnome
GDM_XSERVER_LOCATION=local
PWD=/home/pabs
GNOME_KEYRING_PID=4751
LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
GDM_LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
GDMSESSION=gnome
SHLVL=0
HOME=/home/pabs
LOGNAME=pabs
REMOTECONSOLE=3.0.0.16
XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/:/usr/share/gdm/
WINDOWPATH=7
DISPLAY=:0.0
XAUTHORITY=/home/pabs/.Xauthority
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-u0HVwadxm7,guid=3775a6498af0a6acb0c4f5cf48737c16
GPG_AGENT_INFO=/tmp/seahorse-F2YBCT/S.gpg-agent:4883:1
GTK_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk/gtkrc:/home/pabs/.gtkrc-1.2-gnome2
GTK_MODULES=gnomebreakpad
SESSION_MANAGER=local/chianamo:/tmp/.ICE-unix/4756
GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=Default
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages gnome-panel depends on:
ii gnome-about2.22.3-1 The GNOME about box
ii gnome-control-center 1:2.22.2.1-1 utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii gnome-desktop-data 2.22.3-1 Common files for GNOME 2 desktop a
ii gnome-menus2.22.2-1 an implementation of the freedeskt
ii gnome-panel-data 2.20.3-5 common files for the GNOME Panel
ii libatk1.0-01.22.0-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libbonobo2-0 2.22.0-1 Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii libbonoboui2-0 2.22.0-1 The Bonobo UI library
ii libc6 2.7-12GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcairo2 1.6.4-6 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.76-1simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libecal1.2-7 2.22.3-1 Client library for evolution calen
ii libedataserver1.2-92.22.3-1 Utility library for evolution data
ii libedataserverui1.2-8 2.22.3-1 GUI utility library for evolution
ii libgconf2-42.22.0-1 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libglade2-01:2.6.2-1 library to load .glade files at ru
ii libglib2.0-0 2.16.4-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome-desktop-2 2.22.3-1 Utility library for loading .deskt
ii libgnome-menu2 2.22.2-1 an implementation of the freedeskt
ii libgnome2-02.20.1.1-1The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii libgnomeui-0 2.20.1.1-1The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii libgnomevfs2-0 1:2.22.0-4GNOME Virtual File System (runtime
ii libgtk2.0-02.12.10-2 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii liborbit2 1:2.14.13-0.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii libpanel-applet2-0 2.20.3-5 library for GNOME Panel applets
hi libpango1.0-0 1.20.4-1 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libwnck22 2.22.3-1 Window Navigator Construction Kit
ii libx11-6
