Run in Terminal problem

[Brett I. Holcomb]

Good shot, Bob.

1.  Removing the run in terminal and using xterm -e mycommand worked.
2.  Setting TERMCMD gave me an error in the xterm when I had run in 
terminal checked and this as the command

vpnclient connect "Faculty-Staff Off Campus"

Error:

xterm: Can't execvp -title: No such file or directory

Wonder what it's trying to tell me?

Thanks.





Bob Snyder wrote:
> Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
> 
>> Nope, full name does the same as the plain command - a window flashes 
>> open, then goes away.  Either I am misunderstanding this or run in 
>> terminal is broken.  This is xfce 4.0.1
>>
>> Strange.
> 
> 
> 
> I'll take a shot at this one.
> 
> I think the problem is that when you use the "open in terminal" option 
> it just runs a shell in a terminal based on your setting for TERMCMD. If 
> TERMCMD isn't set, it defaults to xterm. The problem is that with this 
> situation the terminal never sees the command.
> 
> For most terminals adding the argument -e tells it to accept the 
> arguments as well as the command. but you probably still have the "run 
> in terminal" checked. Either uncheck that, and use the command that 
> starts its own terminal as Ken suggested, or modify your TERMCMD 
> environment variable to include the -e option, and use your original 
> command.
> 
>   export TERMCMD="xterm -e"
> 
> I added this to my .xinitrc.xfce4-session file and restarted xfce4.
> 
> Bob S.
> 
>>
>> Ken Moffat wrote:
>>
>>> Ken Moffat wrote:
>>>
>>>> Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The command is
>>>>>
>>>>> vpnclient connect myprofilename
>>>>>
>>>>> Ken Moffat wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 22:06:19 -0500
>>>>>> "Brett I. Holcomb" <brettholcomb at charter.net> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have an app that works when I run it from an xterm.  However, 
>>>>>>> if I make a launcher and tell it to run in terminal, a terminal 
>>>>>>> window flashes up briefly, then disappears and the app doesn't 
>>>>>>> run.  Am I missing something or is this broken.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The app is a Cisco vpnclient.  I normally run it with vpnclient 
>>>>>>> connect myprofilename, then enter the username and password and 
>>>>>>> the app then connects and sits there until I kill it.  While it's 
>>>>>>> running I can then connect to the vpn.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> what command are you using in the launcher?
>>>>>>
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Maybe try
>>>> xterm -e vpnclient connect myprofilename
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> or use the whole path for the command?
>>>
>>>
>>>
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