kde doesn't start bitmessage on startup #857

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2016-05-06T18:02:49+02:00

yurivict commented

2016-05-06 18:02:49 +02:00

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I compare it to qTox. They were running side by side, but after reboot qTox is restarted and bitmessage isn't. I think it probably depends on the .desktop file.

bitmessage has this .desktop file:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=PyBitmessage
GenericName=PyBitmessage
Comment=Send encrypted messages
Exec=pybitmessage %F
Icon=pybitmessage
Terminal=false
Categories=Office;Email;

qTox has this .desktop file:

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=qTox
GenericName=Tox client 
Comment=Qt 5 based Tox client
TryExec=qtox
Exec=qtox %u
Icon=qtox
Categories=InstantMessaging;AudioVideo;Network;
Terminal=false
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/tox;application/x-tox;

I suspect the problem is because TryExec line is missing. It is used to determine if the program is installed.

You also probably want to add InstantMessaging and Network to categories.

I compare it to qTox. They were running side by side, but after reboot qTox is restarted and bitmessage isn't. I think it probably depends on the .desktop file. bitmessage has this .desktop file: ``` [Desktop Entry] Type=Application Name=PyBitmessage GenericName=PyBitmessage Comment=Send encrypted messages Exec=pybitmessage %F Icon=pybitmessage Terminal=false Categories=Office;Email; ``` qTox has this .desktop file: ``` [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Type=Application Name=qTox GenericName=Tox client Comment=Qt 5 based Tox client TryExec=qtox Exec=qtox %u Icon=qtox Categories=InstantMessaging;AudioVideo;Network; Terminal=false MimeType=x-scheme-handler/tox;application/x-tox; ``` I suspect the problem is because TryExec line is missing. It is used to determine if the program is installed. You also probably want to add InstantMessaging and Network to categories.

PeterSurda commented

2016-05-08 17:49:33 +02:00

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Thanks for the report. I haven't tried it with KDE, I'll look at it. It's possible that it does not work correctly with GNOME either, I always run it manually. There is no way to configure this from inside Bitmessage at the moment anways, that is only supported on Windows for the time being.

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