Can't start Phoronix Test Suite from menu (file /usr/share/applications/phoronix-test-suite.desktop should run interactive session)

[Mantas Kriaučiūnas]

Phoronix Test Suite Benchmarking Utility can't be started from "Applications" ->"System Tools" menu, because file /usr/share/applications/phoronix-test-suite.desktop doesn't run interactive session). Currently when I click on "Applications" ->"System Tools"->"Phoronix Test Suite" launcher, I see a terminal window get open for 1 second ( it is not possible to read what is written in the terminal) and then terminal windows closes automatically and nothing happens. phoronix-test-suite.desktop should either launch a GUI application or a persistent (interactive) console session. Currently PTS 3.x doesn't have a GUI mode, so, word "interactive" should be added in line "Exec=phoronix-test-suite" in phoronix-test-suite.desktop file:

Exec=phoronix-test-suite interactive

This problem exists even in all Phoronix Test Suite 3.x packages, including 3.0.1~repack1 from Ubuntu 11.x repositories and newest Phoronix Test Suite v3.2.0 (Grimstad) from http://www.phoronix-test-suite.com/index.php?k=downloads

I'm attaching a patch for Phoronix Test Suite menu file (/usr/share/applications/phoronix-test-suite.desktop ) to run interactive session (line "Exec=phoronix-test-suite interactive")

Please fix this bug ASAP, lots of users think, that Phoronix Test Suite doesn't work at all, see for example http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?53940-test-suite-seems-to-not-work

[Alessio Treglia (quadrispro)]

Fixed in Debian with phoronix-test-suite 3.6.0-1

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package phoronix-test-suite - 3.6.0-1

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phoronix-test-suite (3.6.0-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * QA upload.
  * New upstream release:
    - Many new features and bugfixes, also fixes LP: #798233
  * GenericName entry of desktop file must not repeat Name
    entry (Closes: #641743).
 -- Alessio Treglia <email address hidden> Sat, 17 Dec 2011 01:26:36 +0100