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xendistar

Member

Registered: 2011-11-07

Posts: 20

Running script via panel icon

I am having a problem trying to get a script to run from an icon on my second desktop panel, the script runs perfectly from the command line.

I run three PC's through one monitor via a KVM, I recently changed my mouse and when I come back onto my linux PC (SolydX64 bit) (say from my windows PC) the mouse scroll speed is way to fast, so I have a little bash script that I run manually, now I would like to run the script from an icon on my 2nd desktop panel which would be a lot quicker than opening a terminal and running the script manually.

I have made a .desktop file and added it to .local/share/application/ folder but I guess I have something wrong as when I click on the icon, something does happen but the mouse scroll speed is unchanged. Can somebody tell me the correct procedure for getting a bash script to run from a panel icon please.

ToZ

Administrator

From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,046

Re: Running script via panel icon

In the launcher properties, try setting the command to:

bash -c "your/script/here"

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xendistar

Member

Registered: 2011-11-07

Posts: 20

Re: Running script via panel icon

Thanks Toz, that worked perfectly.