gnome-terminal lockup when launched from desktop launcher
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Medium
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gnome-terminal
Create a launcher on the desktop by right clicking on "Create Launcher" and including the following:
Type: Application
Name: foo
Command: gnome-terminal -e "ls -Fla"
Then click OK
Double click on the newly-created desktop 'foo' icon. If gnome-terminal closes right away, manually launch a gnome-terminal window from the Applications|
"When the command exits: Hold the terminal open"
You should see either an empty gnome-terminal window without any of the "ls -Fla" output displayed, a window with partial output of the "ls -Fla" output displayed (and frozen mid-'ls'), or if you're very lucky, you may see a gnome-terminal window with the entire output that you'd expect to see. If that's the case, modify the launcher to 'ls' other directories, and you should start to soon see unexpected behaviour. Also try launching a 'hello world' script file (e.g. gnome-terminal -e "/home/
This bug may impact any scripts linked to launchers.
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