I made a new launcher in Whisker Menu, but doesn't appear

D.dave · 2024-01-26 10:26:24

I made a new launcher (obviously I clicked on save)

But in Whisker Menu doesn't appear:

I tried to restart Whisker Menu: kill -SIGHUP $(ps -ef | grep whisker| grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'), but without success.
What to do?

EDIT: I did a logout/relogin and still is not present.

Last edited by D.dave (2024-01-26 10:31:58)

ToZ · 2024-01-26 11:05:51

What version of menulibre is that and can we see the contents of the /home/dave/.local/share/applications/menulibre-network-scanner.desktop file?

D.dave · 2024-01-26 11:15:05

menulibre 2.2.3-5; content of /home/dave/.local/share/applications/menulibre-network-scanner.desktop:

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.1
Type=Application
Name=Network Scanner
Comment=Perform an Arp scan on the current network
Icon=/home/dave/Pictures/icons/netscan.png
Exec=/home/dave/.local/bin/arpscanquick
Terminal=true
Actions=
Categories=System;X-XFCE;X-Xfce-Topleve

However, I find that as I launch this desktop file, as expected the executable is executed inside a terminal window, but as it finish to scan, the terminal window will close. No problem if I execute /home/dave/.local/bin/arpscanquick from a terminal window: doesn't autoclose.

Also the content of the script:

#!/bin/bash

activewlan=$(nmcli con show --active | awk '{print $NF}' | tail -2 | head -1)
arp-scan --interface=$activewlan -l -r 6 -g

Any idea also on this?

Thank you a lot.

EDIT: I did a reboot, and the Desktop file now is present; I changed the Exec line to

Exec=xfce4-terminal -H -e "bash -c '/home/dave/.local/bin/arpscanquick'"

and now the terminal remain opened.

However, ToZ, any idea about the fact that I had to reboot? I made other desktop files, using menulibre, in the past days, and these desktop files were instantly present in Whisker Menu.

Last edited by D.dave (2024-01-26 11:27:00)

ToZ · 2024-01-26 14:50:58

D.dave wrote:

However, ToZ, any idea about the fact that I had to reboot? I made other desktop files, using menulibre, in the past days, and these desktop files were instantly present in Whisker Menu.

No idea - it should have been re-read immediately. Anything in ~/.xsession-errors.old about it (assuming you haven't rebooted more than once)?

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I made a new launcher in Whisker Menu, but doesn't appear

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Re: I made a new launcher in Whisker Menu, but doesn't appear

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