[kde-linux] executing python program from desktop link

[James Richard Tyrer]

Chakkaradeep C C wrote:
> Hi Kevin and all,
> 
> On 4/11/06, *Kevin Krammer* <kevin.krammer at gmx.at 
> <mailto:kevin.krammer at gmx.at>> wrote:
> 
> On Tuesday 11 April 2006 13:50, Chakkaradeep C C wrote:
>> Hi Kevin and all,
>> 
>> On 4/11/06, Kevin Krammer <kevin.krammer at gmx.at
> <mailto:kevin.krammer at gmx.at>> wrote:
> 
>>> One possible reason for this can be a different environment
> setting.
>>> For example if you set or change environment variables in the
> user's
>>> shell configuration files (e.g. bashrc) then a program running in
>>> a terminal will see this change, but a program running in the KDE
>>> environment
> won't.
>> 
>> Please find my attached bashrc file along with this mail.Am using
> Fedora
>> Core 3. Is any settings in this file affecting me?
> 
> That depends on your python application. and bashrc is just one of
> those files read by interactive shells but not by the shell executing
> startkde
> 
> Do you start you Python application as an executable or do you pass 
> it as an argument to the python interpreter? Did you try using full
> paths?
> 
> 
> Here is my netagent.dekstop file,
> 
> ******************************************* [Desktop Entry] 
> Comment=NetAgent Encoding=UTF-8 
> Exec=/usr/local/home/chakkaradeep/netagent GenericName=NetAgent 
> Icon=SuSEconf MimeType= Name=netagent Name[en_US]=netagent Path= 
> StartupNotify=true Terminal=false TerminalOptions= Type=Application 
> X-DCOP-ServiceType= X-KDE-SubstituteUID=false X-KDE-Username= 
> **************************************************************
> 
> Without having Terminal=true, the application doesnt come up. in the
>  above , i have it as false and so my app does not come up.
> 
> I have checked with other friends where they have tested and its
> working for them.

What do you get from:

	ls -l /usr/local/home/chakkaradeep/netagent

-- 
JRT