Console applications in the menu do not open correctly

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

This also happens to me on amd64 on trusty trying to open htop.

I tested this in utopic and found it is there as well but that was also in pcmanfm version 1.2.1.

I believe this issue is fixed by upstream - http://sourceforge.net/p/pcmanfm/bugs/871 - it should be fixed for you if you are using libfm 1.2.2.1 now.

I don't know still not working for me for some reason.

I think this doesn't only effect the menu in pcmanfm but if you install htop and then as it shows up in the menu on lxpanel and then add to the desktop of htop it opens lxterminal but not with htop in the window. I get the same thing in the rare case of the oem-config-repair desktop icon if you try to setup oem config with lubuntu.

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1344817

I read in the error log that pcmanfm could not find the file. Could this be
a broken path that pcman was unable to find? If so, how is pcmanfm
configured to finds apps and executed them in its browser window, which is
how I believe the application was being accessed.
On Apr 10, 2015 6:45 PM, "Brendan Perrine" <email address hidden> wrote:

> I think this doesn't only effect the menu in pcmanfm but if you install
> htop and then as it shows up in the menu on lxpanel and then add to the
> desktop of htop it opens lxterminal but not with htop in the window. I
> get the same thing in the rare case of the oem-config-repair desktop
> icon if you try to setup oem config with lubuntu.
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1344817
>
> Title:
> Console applications in the menu do not open correctly
>
> Status in pcmanfm package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Use case:
> I have installed Bastet (console game)
> It runs perfectly when i start it via command line or via unity
> interface (where it opens the terminal window, and then starts the program).
>
> When i try running it via Applications menu in PC MAN FM i get a new
> bash terminal, but the application (bastet) doesn't start.
>
> I would expect to see the applications menu to function just like
> unity or other application menu interface.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
> Package: pcmanfm 1.1.2-0ubuntu1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-24.42-generic 3.11.10.11
> Uname: Linux 3.11.0-24-generic i686
> ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
> Architecture: i386
> Config_pcmanfm_System_ubuntu: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or
> directory: '/etc/xdg/pcmanfm/pcmanfm.conf'
> Date: Sat Jul 19 14:25:35 2014
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-12-22 (208 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release i386
> (20131016.1)
> MarkForUpload: True
> Pref_Config_Home_ubuntu:
>
> SourcePackage: pcmanfm
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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There were some similar issues with lxterminal which were reported. I would suggest to choose another terminal in settings and try again, it should work I believe.

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