If I can slightly deviate from this thread. its about creating a button, but rather than dial, I want to run some VPN commons with ProtonVPN cli. The following is not executing for me.
[Desktop Entry]
Name=VPNoff
Exec=gnome-terminal – bash -c “/usr/bin/protonvpn-cli d”
Startupnotify=true
Terminal=false
Icon=/home/purism/.local/share/icons/vpnoff.png
Categories=Utilities;
Can anyone see what I’m doing wrong? I want to disconnect VPN when the button is clicked. But, that isn’t happening.
I don’t know if this matters, but I notice you’re missing the Type=Application line in what you wrote above.
Also StartupNotify=true, not Startupnotify=true… (Not sure if that matters either, but it’s worth a try.)
And probably:
Exec=gnome-terminal -x bash -c
not
Exec=gnome-terminal – bash -c
I should point out that I don’t know what I’m doing, really, just basing my tips on what worked for me when I created several apps, which in turn was based on copying instructions from more knowledgeable people on the internet.
thanks @amarok. I added the Type=Application and capitalization. But, it still wasn’t working.
For the -x vs. --, I read in the bash man page that -x is being deprecated. I tested the – with a basic command, and it did work. The .desktop seems to work if it is just returning standard output. But, when I need to actually execute a command it doesn’t seem to work?! I’ll keep testing.
Thanks for the links to the apps you created also! Your approach is the same as mine 