Bug 431369 – starting app in terminal: Failed to execute child process "-x"

Bug 431369 - starting app in terminal: Failed to execute child process "-x"

Summary:	starting app in terminal: Failed to execute child process "-x"

Status:	CLOSED CANTFIX

Aliases:	None

Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	gnome-panel (Show other bugs)
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Version:	rawhide
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	low Severity low
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Assigned To:	Ray Strode [halfline]
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Reported:	2008-02-03 13:19 EST by John Ellson
Modified:	2008-02-15 17:37 EST (History)
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Last Closed:	2008-02-15 17:37:27 EST
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Description John Ellson 2008-02-03 13:19:39 EST

Description of problem:
I have an app that I start in a terminal from a gnome-panel icon.  This has just
started failing with:
    Could not launch application
    Failed to execute child process "-x" (No such file or directory)

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gnome-panel-2.21.90-3.fc9.x86_64

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Add-to-Panel -> Custom-Application-Launcher -> Add ->
Type=Application-In-Terminal  Command=any-old-app
2.click on new icon
3.
  
Actual results:
    Could not launch application
    Failed to execute child process "-x" (No such file or directory)

Expected results:
    Terminal window shoudl open and any-old-app started from command line
withing the terminal

Additional info:

Comment 1 John Ellson 2008-02-15 10:09:37 EST

Ping!!

Do you need more info about this regression?

Comment 2 Ray Strode [halfline] 2008-02-15 11:17:37 EST

do you have gnome-terminal installed?

What's the output of

gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/applications

?

Comment 3 John Ellson 2008-02-15 15:03:25 EST

yes.  gnome-terminal-2.21.91.1-1.fc9.x86_64


 /desktop/gnome/applications/component_viewer:
  exec = nautilus %s
 /desktop/gnome/applications/media:
  needs_term = false
  exec = rhythmbox
 /desktop/gnome/applications/help_viewer:
  needs_term = false
  accepts_urls = true
  exec = nautilus
 /desktop/gnome/applications/browser:
  nremote = false
  needs_term = false
  exec = firefox
 /desktop/gnome/applications/window_manager:
  workspace_names = (no value set)
  current = (no value set)
  default = (no value set)
  number_of_workspaces = (no value set)
 /desktop/gnome/applications/terminal:
  exec_arg = -x
  exec = 
 /desktop/gnome/applications/at:
  /desktop/gnome/applications/at/mobility:
   startup = false
   exec = dasher
  /desktop/gnome/applications/at/visual:
   startup = false
   exec = orca

Comment 4 John Ellson 2008-02-15 15:12:08 EST

Ah, OK, some upgrade managed to mess up my
System->Preferences->Personal->PreferredApplications

Changing it back to GnomeTerminal restored the correct behavior.

Probably the same upgrade also managed to mangle my preferred web browser.  
Fixed that too.

Comment 5 Ray Strode [halfline] 2008-02-15 17:37:27 EST

Okay, I'm going to close this CANTFIX, since it's not a gnome-panel issue, we
haven't gotten any other user reports, and it will be hard to figure out where
the source of the problem came from.

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