Re: GUI starts up with terminal

[Philip Nienhuis]

Laurent Hoeltgen wrote
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On 23/08/12 18:02, Philip Nienhuis wrote:
>> John W. Eaton wrote:
>>> On 23-Aug-2012, Philip Nienhuis wrote:
>>>
>>> | Before reporting as bug, just some inquiry:
>>> |
>>> | address@hidden ~] uname -a
>>> | Linux jvc741 3.3.6-desktop-2.mga2 #1 SMP Thu May 17 16:49:59 UTC 
>>> 2012 i686
>>> | i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>>> |
>>> | (Mageia 2 w. LXDE wm)
>>> |
>>> | hg summary
>>> | parent: 15203:aa7f4e33c524
>>> | (IIRC tip of last Sunday)
>>> |
>>> |> From the LXDE Start Menu, the Octave GUI only starts up if I select
>>> | "terminal".
>>> | Indeed, first an LXterminal pops up, including some messages about 
>>> shadowing
>>> | etc; after a few seconds the GUI takes over.
>>> | Intriguingly, the usual startup screen lines of Octave (GNU Octave, 
>>> version
>>> | 3.7.0+, Copyright etc) are shown in the GUI terminal.
>>> | The LXterminal doesn't go away. I do have to close it manually.
>>> |
>>> | Is this expected behavior?
>>>
>>> No.
>>
>> That's what I figured.
>> BTW I was incorrect in mentioning the Start Menu (there's no 
>> functional menu editor in LXDE, AFAIK). It's the desktop "link" that 
>> needs a terminal. Also, "Run" on the start menu won't start up Octave.
> 
> there's a menu editor for lxde: http://sourceforge.net/projects/lxmed/. 
> At least on lubuntu 11.10 it works.
> 

I know, thanks, but it doesn't work on my Mageia 2 box. That's why I wrote
"...functional menu editor".
(Or more precise: it shows another menu than I see when I click the Menu
button on my screen panel. I've hunted down all of my profile and all other
usual places (/etc, /share, ...), but couldn't find a match for the menu
shown by lxmed)



>  Sometimes you need to specify that a 
> certain program should be launched inside a terminal to function 
> correctly. Have you tried that? (The setting has to be done inside the 
> .desktop file)
> 

That's exactly the issue I'm complaining about. Octave needs that setting
selected; w/o it won't start up. But the terminal (which catches some Octave
messages) remains visible once the GUI is shown and can then be closed w/o
Octave closing as well.
It is a bit annoying to see that terminal being around for no use.



>>
>> So, I cannot start Octave outside a terminal. Question is: is it due 
>> to my OS (Linux Mageia w LXDE) or is it an Octave GUI bug?
>>
>> Philip
> 
> Regards,
> Laurent
> 

Thanks, 
Philip



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