Adding script as launcher doesn't work

phre4k · 2020-06-23 09:00:56

Hello,

I try to add a screen layout script which looks like this:

#!/bin/sh
xrandr --output DP-1 --off --output DP-2 --off --output HDMI-1 --off --output HDMI-2 --off --output DP-3 --mode 2560x1440 --pos 2560x0 --rotate right --output DP-4 --off --output DP-5 --primary --mode 2560x1440 --pos 0x637 --rotate normal --output DP-6 --off

and is executable to the xfce4-panel 4.14.4.

I right-click the panel, select "Add New Items":

select "Launcher":

then right-click the launcher and select "Properties":

click "Add New Item" again, enter the script's filename (/home/user/.screenlayout/default.sh) and click on save.

no error message (neither in GUI nor in terminal or syslog/journal) and there's nothing added in the launcher list.

Please tell me why this doesn't work. I tried with xfce4-terminal -H -x, selecting "run in terminal" and "sh …/default.sh" but those don't work either. Creating a .desktop file and using that works, but I'd just like the Launcher menu to work properly.

ToZ · 2020-06-23 23:33:01

phre4k wrote:

no error message (neither in GUI nor in terminal or syslog/journal) and there's nothing added in the launcher list.
Please tell me why this doesn't work. I tried with xfce4-terminal -H -x, selecting "run in terminal" and "sh …/default.sh" but those don't work either. Creating a .desktop file and using that works, but I'd just like the Launcher menu to work properly.

This is a little unclear. Are you saying that no entry is created in the launcher properties dialog, or when clicking the launcher, the script is not executed?

If your distro uses an ~/.xsession-errors file, look in that file for errors. The other way to check for errors is to first quit the panel:

xfce4-panel -q

...then start it in debug mode:

PANEL_DEBUG=1 xfce4-panel

Re-do your steps and look for errors in the terminal window.

phre4k · 2020-06-25 17:26:21

There's no entry created.

It works reliably when I put the script into ~/.local/bin/.

When I use

PANEL_DEBUG=1 xfce-panel

I get:

xfce4-panel(module): new item (type=object-type, name=launcher, id=1)
xfce4-panel(application): saving /panels/panel-1: ids=true, providers=false
xfce4-panel(struts): 0x562a093fdd60: top=664, start_x=0, end_x=2559
liblauncher-Message: 19:14:59.392: launcher-1: Failed to cleanup the configuration: Error removing file /home/drip/.config/xfce4/panel/launcher-1: Directory not empty
xfce4-panel(application): saving /panels/panel-1: ids=true, providers=false

(xfce4-panel:27833): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 19:14:59.425: gtk_icon_theme_load_icon: assertion 'icon_name != NULL' failed

(xfce4-panel:27833): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 19:15:02.924: gtk_widget_grab_default: assertion 'gtk_widget_get_can_default (widget)' failed
xfce4-panel(module-factory): reading /usr/share/xfce4/panel/plugins
xfce4-panel(module-factory): reading /usr/share/xfce4/panel-plugins
xfce4-panel(struts): 0x562a093fdd60: top=665, start_x=0, end_x=2559
xfce4-panel(module): new item (type=object-type, name=launcher, id=14)
xfce4-panel(application): saving /panels/panel-1: ids=true, providers=false
xfce4-panel(struts): 0x562a093fdd60: top=664, start_x=0, end_x=2559
xfce4-panel(application): saving /panels/panel-1: ids=false, providers=true

But there's no output while saving the new launcher.

I wanted to record it but for some reason it suddenly worked one time – adding several other launchers with scripts in them worked, too! Then I removed the launcher, added another one and it stopped working again.

When I add an existing .desktop file as launcher and edit the script's path in, it works, but I can't edit the name. It launches the script though.

ToZ · 2020-06-25 19:16:38

liblauncher-Message: 19:14:59.392: launcher-1: Failed to cleanup the configuration: Error removing file /home/drip/.config/xfce4/panel/launcher-1: Directory not empty

What does the following return:

xfconf-query -c xfce4-panel -lv | grep launcher

...and:

ls -l ~/.config/xfce4/panel/ | grep launcher

It works reliably when I put the script into ~/.local/bin/.

Do you mean that if the script is in that location the launcher is created? Or just that the script runs properly from that location?

phre4k · 2020-06-28 12:33:08

Do you mean that if the script is in that location the launcher is created?

Yes. Outside of that folder it seems to be total luck (1/10 times) that a launcher is created. If it works a single time you can add more launchers without a problem though.

xfconf-query -c xfce4-panel -lv | grep launcher

returns nothing.

$ ls -l ~/.config/xfce4/panel/ | grep launcher
drwx------. 2 drip drip 4096 25. Jun 19:28 launcher-1
drwx------. 2 drip drip 4096 25. Jun 19:28 launcher-14
drwx------. 2 drip drip 4096 23. Jun 10:42 launcher-15

ToZ · 2020-06-28 14:55:10

phre4k wrote:

Do you mean that if the script is in that location the launcher is created?
Yes. Outside of that folder it seems to be total luck (1/10 times) that a launcher is created. If it works a single time you can add more launchers without a problem though.
xfconf-query -c xfce4-panel -lv | grep launcher
returns nothing.

Which should mean that you don't have any launchers currently on your panel.

$ ls -l ~/.config/xfce4/panel/ | grep launcher
drwx------. 2 drip drip 4096 25. Jun 19:28 launcher-1
drwx------. 2 drip drip 4096 25. Jun 19:28 launcher-14
drwx------. 2 drip drip 4096 23. Jun 10:42 launcher-15

Can you delete these folders (and their contents) and try again?

Also, is your userid on the system "drip"? In other words, do you own those files?

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Adding script as launcher doesn't work

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