try executing it this way: /usr/bin/netscape > /dev/null 2>&1 This will redirect all output to /dev/null. So gnome might not complain.
On Sat, 12 Jan 2002, Ric Tibbetts wrote: > WEll, I'm not getting to far with this little adventure. > I can get the icon on the desk, and it even starts the application it's > supposed to. But with varied results. > > For example > I set up a Netscape file in .gnome-desktop. > It puts the icon on the desktop as it should. It even starts Netscape. > (good start). But I get a pop-up window with the error: > could not fdopen() the new stderr: > invalid argurment > > Netscape runs fine, after that. > Ok, so it has no place to write stderr. But what controls that? > So, I turn on terminal to see if it writes anything there. Nope. It > stays empty. BUT, I don't get the error message any more. Turning off > the terminal, gets the error message back. :| > > This "should" be a simple matter. (Oh, and yes, I'm using Nautilus to > control the desktop). I can't find anything the gnome, or nautilus > documentation about how to do this. > > Somebody has to know, RedHat, and Mandrake both put their stuff up > there! > > Thanks again! > > Ric > > > Bill Kenworthy wrote: > > > > Your right, its a mystery on what is a "nice" way to do this. I usually > > edit an existing entry and save it under a new name. If you change an > > entry, you need to delete the original and copy the changed entry to the > > directory before the changes are noted (or exit/relogin gnome!). You > > can set the "terminal" entry to true to see messages for apps that give > > trouble. Note also that giving the full path to the app seems to work > > in some cases where the app name only does not. > > > > BillK > > > > On Sun, 2002-01-13 at 08:07, Ric Tibbetts wrote: > > > I've been digging at this for a while. There "is" a way to add icons to > > > the desktop in Gnome, for starting applications. > > > I'm part way there, but stuck. > > > > > > If I add a deffinition file in ~/.gnome-desktop, I can get the icon on > > > the desk, and even start the appication, but I always get errors (the > > > exact error depends on the applicaion I'm launching). > > > > > > Does anyone know the secret behind making this work? It's a piece of > > > cake in KDE, but a bit more of a mystery in Gnome. > > > > > > I know it "can" be done. RedHat & Mandrake both add their stuff to it. > > > It's just not documented anywhere that I can find. I'd settle for being > > > pointed at a document. > > > > > > Thanks!!! > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Ric Tibbetts > > > > > > Linux registration number: 55684 > > > If you want to help advertise Linux - point your friends to > > > http://counter.li.org/ > > > > > > ---- > > > > > > > > This message has been 'sanitized'. This means that potentially > > > dangerous content has been rewritten or removed. The following > > > log describes which actions were taken. > > > > > > Sanitizer (start="1010880923"): > > > Part (pos="2409"): > > > SanitizeFile (filename="unnamed.txt", mimetype="text/plain"): > > > Match (rule="2"): > > > Enforced policy: accept > > > > > > Part (pos="3303"): > > > SanitizeFile (filename="message.footer", mimetype="text/plain"): > > > Match (rule="default"): > > > Enforced policy: defang > > > > > > Replaced mime type with: application/DEFANGED-1 > > > Replaced file name with: message_footer.DEFANGED-1 > > > > > > Total modifications so far: 1 > > > > > > > > > Anomy 0.0.0 : Sanitizer.pm > > > $Id: Sanitizer.pm,v 1.32 2001/10/11 19:27:15 bre Exp $ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > -- > Ric Tibbetts > > Linux registration number: 55684 > If you want to help advertise Linux - point your friends to > http://counter.li.org/ > > -- Bryan Whitehead SysAdmin - JPL - Interferometry Systems and Technology Phone: 818 354 2903 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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