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Hi,
On 23/08/12 18:02, Philip Nienhuis wrote:
John
W. Eaton wrote:
On 23-Aug-2012, Philip Nienhuis wrote:
| Before reporting as bug, just some inquiry:
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| address@hidden ~] uname -a
| Linux jvc741 3.3.6-desktop-2.mga2 #1 SMP Thu May 17 16:49:59
UTC 2012 i686
| i686 i386 GNU/Linux
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| (Mageia 2 w. LXDE wm)
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| hg summary
| parent: 15203:aa7f4e33c524
| (IIRC tip of last Sunday)
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|> From the LXDE Start Menu, the Octave GUI only starts up if
I select
| "terminal".
| Indeed, first an LXterminal pops up, including some messages
about shadowing
| etc; after a few seconds the GUI takes over.
| Intriguingly, the usual startup screen lines of Octave (GNU
Octave, version
| 3.7.0+, Copyright etc) are shown in the GUI terminal.
| The LXterminal doesn't go away. I do have to close it
manually.
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| Is this expected behavior?
No.
That's what I figured.
BTW I was incorrect in mentioning the Start Menu (there's no
functional menu editor in LXDE, AFAIK). It's the desktop "link"
that needs a terminal. Also, "Run" on the start menu won't start
up Octave.
there's a menu editor for lxde:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/lxmed/.
At least on lubuntu 11.10 it works. Sometimes you need to specify
that a certain program should be launched inside a terminal to
function correctly. Have you tried that? (The setting has to be done
inside the .desktop file)
So, I cannot start Octave outside a terminal. Question is: is it
due to my OS (Linux Mageia w LXDE) or is it an Octave GUI bug?
Philip
Regards,
Laurent
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