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How to debug i3-dmenu-desktop

asked 2014-07-01 04:36:03 +0000

Nikratio gravatar image

Hi,

I have a .desktop file that starts an application just fine when using Gnome. However, when using i3-dmenu-desktop to start it, nothing happens. How can I debug what's going on? I tried running i3-dmenu-desktop in a terminal window, but there were no error messages at all.

This is the .desktop file:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=SI Windowed
Exec=env WINEPREFIX="/home/nikratio/.wine" wine C:\\\\windows\\\\command\\\\start.exe /Unix /home/nikratio/.wine/dosdevices/c:/users/Public/Start\\ Menu/Programs/Cryptic\\ Comet/SI\\ Windowed.lnk
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Path=/home/nikratio/.wine/dosdevices/c:/Program Files/Cryptic Comet/Solium Infernum
Icon=0FCC_Solium Infernum Windowed.0
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answered 2014-07-09 21:11:20 +0000

Michael gravatar image

You can use strace -s 2048 i3-dmenu-desktop if you want to see everything i3-dmenu-desktop is doing.

More to the point, however, is checking the i3 logfile for the command that i3 receives. See http://i3wm.org/docs/debugging.html for details.

Once you checked the logfile and verified that the .desktop file is actually correct with regards to escaping, feel free to open a bug at http://bugs.i3wm.org/

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