[kde-linux] Konqueror won't execute "ssh-add"

[Matt Seitz]

Matt Seitz wrote:
> Kevin Krammer wrote:
> 
>> Perhaps it can't detect that it should be running in X11 mode and is 
>> executing the console mode.
> 
> 
> Is there any way I can verify that?

You were absolutely right.  I finally noticed a note on the ssh-add man page. 
It suggested that ssh-add might not detect that it needed to run in X11 mode 
unless you redirected input from /dev/null.  I modified my .desktop file to add 
"</dev/null" to the command line.  Now when I double-click the .desktop file, 
ssh-add gives me the X11 prompt.

Here is a copy of the .desktop file that worked.  Thanks for your help.

[Desktop Entry]
Comment=
Comment[en_US]=
Encoding=UTF-8
Exec='/usr/bin/ssh-add' </dev/null
GenericName=
GenericName[en_US]=
Icon=exec
MimeType=
Name=
Name[en_US]=
Path=/usr/bin
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
TerminalOptions=\s--noclose
Type=Application
X-DCOP-ServiceType=none
X-KDE-SubstituteUID=false
X-KDE-Username=