After I updated my Fedora-24/KDE laptop this morning I found that clicking on icons in the panel which represent applications I have created no longer has any effect.
More precisely, I created an application called "helen login" (many months, if not years, ago) by right-clicking on Application Launcher=>Edit Applications, and which simply runs the script "ssh -Y helen-vpn" with the "Run in Terminal" option clicked. Then I added the item (with icon) to the panel.
This has been working as I said for many months, but has ceased to work after todays update (even after re-booting). The script itself works as it always did, when directly entered.
I know there are easy alternative ways to reach the same goal, but I would be interested to know why this change has occurred.
Incidentally, I also tried clicking on "Add as launcher". This created a small icon in the panel, but clicking on that had no effect either. I saw this message in the journal: "klauncher[1438]: -miniicon isn't supported anymore (service "helen" )" which is probably relevant.
On 16 September 2016 at 15:01, Timothy Murphy gayleard@eircom.net wrote:
After I updated my Fedora-24/KDE laptop this morning I found that clicking on icons in the panel which represent applications I have created no longer has any effect.
More precisely, I created an application called "helen login" (many months, if not years, ago) by right-clicking on Application Launcher=>Edit Applications, and which simply runs the script "ssh -Y helen-vpn" with the "Run in Terminal" option clicked. Then I added the item (with icon) to the panel.
This has been working as I said for many months, but has ceased to work after todays update (even after re-booting). The script itself works as it always did, when directly entered.
I know there are easy alternative ways to reach the same goal, but I would be interested to know why this change has occurred.
Incidentally, I also tried clicking on "Add as launcher". This created a small icon in the panel, but clicking on that had no effect either. I saw this message in the journal: "klauncher[1438]: -miniicon isn't supported anymore (service "helen" )" which is probably relevant.
I think the latest konsole is broken. The help says
" -e <cmd> Command to execute. This option will catch all following arguments, so use it as the last option."
But in practise this is no longer true:
% konsole -e ssh -Y localhost Unknown option 'Y'.
This broke my remote login script and I guess it also broke the "Run in Terminal" option. This is konsole 16.08.1.
Regards,
Chris
On Tuesday, 20 September 2016 16:12:42 CEST Chris Rouch wrote:
On 16 September 2016 at 15:01, Timothy Murphy gayleard@eircom.net wrote:
After I updated my Fedora-24/KDE laptop this morning I found that clicking on icons in the panel which represent applications I have created no longer has any effect.
More precisely, I created an application called "helen login" (many months, if not years, ago) by right-clicking on Application Launcher=>Edit Applications, and which simply runs the script "ssh -Y helen-vpn" with the "Run in Terminal" option clicked. Then I added the item (with icon) to the panel.
This has been working as I said for many months, but has ceased to work after todays update (even after re-booting). The script itself works as it always did, when directly entered.
I know there are easy alternative ways to reach the same goal, but I would be interested to know why this change has occurred.
Incidentally, I also tried clicking on "Add as launcher". This created a small icon in the panel, but clicking on that had no effect either. I saw this message in the journal: "klauncher[1438]: -miniicon isn't supported anymore (service "helen" )" which is probably relevant.
I think the latest konsole is broken. The help says
" -e <cmd> Command to execute. This option will catch all following arguments, so use it as the last option."
But in practise this is no longer true:
% konsole -e ssh -Y localhost Unknown option 'Y'.
Tried quoting? $ konsole -e 'ssh -Y localhost'
Luigi Toscano wrote:
Tried quoting? $ konsole -e 'ssh -Y localhost'
This works, thank you, enabling me to connect to a remote site (in Italia) by clicking on an icon in my panel.
(I had to disable Advanced=>Run in Terminal, which had previously worked without the konsole -e addendum. It seems it is this option that no longer functions properly.)
Timothy Murphy wrote:
Tried quoting? $ konsole -e 'ssh -Y localhost'
This works, thank you, enabling me to connect to a remote site (in Italia) by clicking on an icon in my panel.
But now I find that this has the disastrous effect of apparently re-defining the konsole command.
More precisely, running the command "konsole -e "/usr/bin/bash alfred-vpn'" has the effect that any subsequent call on konsole, eg by clicking on f=>Applications=>System=>Terminal (Konsole) now connects me to the remote site alfred and opens a window there. Even running Alt-F2 and entering "konsole" takes me to alfred.
The only solution seems to be to logout and login again, or else run the command "konsole -e /usr/bin/bash localhost'", which apparently re-defines konsole to its usual meaning.
I don't find any mention of this curious behaviour in the (sparse) documentation on konsole.
On Thursday, 22 September 2016 10:57:14 CEST Timothy Murphy wrote:
Timothy Murphy wrote:
Tried quoting? $ konsole -e 'ssh -Y localhost'
This works, thank you, enabling me to connect to a remote site (in Italia) by clicking on an icon in my panel.
But now I find that this has the disastrous effect of apparently re-defining the konsole command.
More precisely, running the command "konsole -e "/usr/bin/bash alfred-vpn'" has the effect that any subsequent call on konsole, eg by clicking on f=>Applications=>System=>Terminal (Konsole) now connects me to the remote site alfred and opens a window there. Even running Alt-F2 and entering "konsole" takes me to alfred.
The only solution seems to be to logout and login again, or else run the command "konsole -e /usr/bin/bash localhost'", which apparently re-defines konsole to its usual meaning.
I don't find any mention of this curious behaviour in the (sparse) documentation on konsole.
Maybe an intended side effect, I would file a bug (upstream).
-
Chris Rouch -
Luigi Toscano -
Timothy Murphy