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Re: gufw problem

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On 12/08/2015 09:20 PM, Francis Gerund wrote:
> I am using the Gnome 3 "classic" desktop.
>
> When I push the mouser pointer up into the hot-spot in the upper left
> corner of the screen, a (sort of) oval pops up containing a magnifying
> glass icon and the words "Type to search . . . ".  If I type in "gufw",
> it just bluntly says "No results.".
>
> But if I do ALT-F2, a window pops up saying "Enter a command".  If I
> type in "gufw" there, Gufw starts up, and seems to work.
>
> So, yes - it does start that way.
>

Glad to hear it.

> Now, as to:
> "What's wrong with just using a launcher anyway, if it comes up that way?",
> maybe I am just autistic.  It just bothers me when things don't work
> CORRECTLY.
>
> I guess it just goes to show that for a lot of developers, it is more
> fun to devise new "features" that "sort of" work than to fix errors and
> deficiencies.
>
> Sigh.
>

Check out this bug report:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=681315

There's a possible solution. Apparently the application's .desktop file 
has an entry in it that prevents it from showing in any desktop 
environment except Unity.

It's actually a "feature"??? How odd.

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gufw problem Francis Gerund <ranrund@gmail.com> - 2015-12-08 23:00 +0100
  Re: gufw problem Jape Person <japers@comcast.net> - 2015-12-09 02:40 +0100
    Re: gufw problem Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-12-09 02:50 +0100
      Re: gufw problem Francis Gerund <ranrund@gmail.com> - 2015-12-09 03:30 +0100
        Re: gufw problem Jape Person <japers@comcast.net> - 2015-12-09 03:50 +0100
          Re: gufw problem Francis Gerund <ranrund@gmail.com> - 2015-12-09 05:00 +0100
            Re: gufw problem Jape Person <japers@comcast.net> - 2015-12-09 05:30 +0100
              Re: gufw problem Bret Busby <bret.busby@gmail.com> - 2015-12-09 06:00 +0100
                Re: gufw problem Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-12-12 03:10 +0100
                Re: gufw problem John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-12-12 05:20 +0100
              Re: gufw problem Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> - 2015-12-09 14:30 +0100
                Re: gufw problem Francis Gerund <ranrund@gmail.com> - 2015-12-10 20:50 +0100
                Re: gufw problem Jape Person <japers@comcast.net> - 2015-12-10 21:00 +0100
                Re: gufw problem Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2015-12-10 21:10 +0100
                Re: gufw problem Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-12-11 15:40 +0100
                Re: gufw problem Andreas Ronnquist <gusnan@openmailbox.org> - 2015-12-12 18:00 +0100
        Re: gufw problem Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-12-12 00:40 +0100
          Re: gufw problem Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-12-12 00:50 +0100
            Re: gufw problem Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-12-12 10:00 +0100
              Re: gufw problem Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-12-12 11:00 +0100

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