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Invalid desktop files detected #173

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jgratero opened this issue Jan 2, 2022 · 1 comment
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Invalid desktop files detected #173

jgratero opened this issue Jan 2, 2022 · 1 comment

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@jgratero
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jgratero commented Jan 2, 2022

After I installed Gnomecast, tried to start it from the menu, did not work. As instructed in the run guide, typed:

$ gnomecast

Did not work either. Then tried:

$ python3 -m gnomecast

This did it. Out of curiosity, I checked in Menu Libre to verify what was the issue with the menu entry, and found this warning:

The following desktop files have failed parsing by the underlying library, and will t
herefore not show up in MenuLibre.
Please investigate these problems with the associated package maintainer.

I browsed a little, and I found this suggested solution:

https://www.edustorage.net/entry/invalid-desktop-files-detected-error-in-opensuse-linux-xfce-example-of-problem-solution

This one, also along the same lines:

https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/other/whisker-menu-edit-applications-menulibre-parsing-errors/

So, my question here, is there a way to fix that menu entry, or, are the previous references the only solution available for this?
@vanadinit
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Have a look at the gnomecast.desktop file: There you find the line Exec=gnomecast. You can simply try to replace gnomecast with some working command for your needs.
(I myself do not use the desktop file and start gnomecast from commandline inside a virtual environment. In case of an virtual environment you might want to specify an absolute path to your python executable.)

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