[maemo-developers] application not starting from menu

[From: Cornelius Hald]

----- "Guenther Meyer" <d.s.e at sordidmusic.com> wrote:
> Am Donnerstag 07 Mai 2009 schrieb Cornelius Hald:
> > 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#SECTION0
> >0791200000000000000
> >
> > 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.
> 
> I did it like it is explained there...
> is the format of the name field important?
> I'm only using a short name there, something like org.nokia.foo.bla

The format should not matter, only it needs to be unique on the device. Do you have a matching X-Osso-Service entry in your .desktop file?