Bug 396217

Summary:	cant start shell script from launcher anymore
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	farmboy0
Component:	Application Launcher (Kickoff) widget	Assignee:	David Edmundson <kde>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	justin.zobel, kde, leon, plasma-bugs-null
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.13.2
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	desktop file

Description farmboy0 2018-07-05 19:00:02 UTC

I have an application launcher added to the menu which starts a shell script.
When I click on this launcher I get the error message:
Could not find the program '<name of the script>'

This is a regression to Plasma 5.12.

Comment 1 farmboy0 2018-07-05 19:28:56 UTC

It doesnt work under X11 either, dont even get an error message there :facepalm:

Comment 2 David Edmundson 2018-07-05 21:24:58 UTC

Sounds more like your setup is wrong.

Please upload your .desktop file and I'll take a look

Comment 3 farmboy0 2018-07-06 19:01:33 UTC

Created attachment 113812 [details]
desktop file

Not sure what you hope to find here but here it is.

Comment 4 Christoph Feck 2018-07-31 02:46:09 UTC

Thanks for the update; changing status.

Comment 5 Leon 2018-08-22 07:26:19 UTC

Hi, I have the same problem, but with an older Plasma-Version: 5.8.9:
 
I add a new entry in the "KDE Menu Editor" to start my shell script.
When I click the icon, the script is not executed and I do not get an error message.

Comment 6 Leon 2018-08-25 06:50:38 UTC

Maybe this bug lies in kmenueditor.
Because my .destop file is executable from the commandline:

kioclient exec testfile.desktop

But not from the menu.

Comment 7 farmboy0 2018-08-25 10:41:02 UTC

Same here:
kioclient5 exec Eclipse.desktop
runs the desktop file.
The classic application menu or the icon only taskbar dont.

Comment 8 Justin Zobel 2020-11-30 01:29:44 UTC

I've just created a .desktop file for a shell script and it works just fine.

Can you please test and confirm if this issue is still occurring or if this bug report can be marked as resolved.

I've set the bug status to "needsinfo" pending your response, please change back to "reported" or "resolved" when you respond, thanks.