[maemo-developers] application not starting from menu

[From: Cornelius Hald]

----- "Guenther Meyer" <d.s.e at sordidmusic.com> wrote:

> hi,
> 
> I have a strange problem:
> 
> I ported an application to maemo, and the installation seems to work
> fine, it 
> also adds an icon to the applications menu.
> 
> so the usual way to start it, would be clicking on the icon in the
> menu.
> when I do this, a banner appears, telling me the application is
> starting, but 
> nothing more happens.
> 
> when I try to start the application from the command line inside the
> terminal, 
> everything works as expected.
> 
> any hints?

This is most likely a problem with the d-bus service file. Have a look here:
http://maemo.org/maemo_release_documentation/maemo4.1.x/node7.html#SECTION00791200000000000000

When you click on the entry on the menu the application is not directly launched. Instead there is a d-bus message generated which will start your application.