[maemo-developers] Problem running installed app (using icon)

[From: saurabh aggarwal]

Here is the output of dpkg -L

 /.
/usr
/usr/share
/usr/share/applications
/usr/share/applications/hildon
/usr/share/applications/hildon/myApp.desktop
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/myApp
/usr/share/doc/myApp/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/icons
/usr/share/icons/hicolor
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/40x40
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/40x40/apps
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/40x40/apps/myApp.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/myApp.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/26x26
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/26x26/apps
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/26x26/apps/myApp.png
/usr/bin
/usr/bin/myApp


On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 1:22 AM, Daniil Ivanov <daniil.ivanov at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Saurabh!
>
>  Could you post output of the command:
>  dpkg -L your_package_name
>
> Thanks, Daniil.
>
> On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 10:50 PM, Daniil Ivanov <daniil.ivanov at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi b0unc3!
> >
> > On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 4:41 PM, b0unc3 <b0unc3 at email.it> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 2:17 PM, saurabh aggarwal
> >> <aggarwal.saurabh at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Ok, here's the Noob question -
> >>> 1) Do all apps need a .service file
> >>
> >> Yes, if you want your app to appear in the task navigator menu.
> >
> > No, not true! Only if you offer DBus methods. This not connected to
> > navigator menu,
> > whatever it is.
> >
> >>>
> >>> 2) What is the need when my application doesn't listen to any dbus
> event?
> >>
> >> DBus and osso context are not related.
> >
> > No, not true! They are. Osso initializes dbus as well.
> >
> >>
> >>>
> >>> BTW, my app is a QT application.
> >>
> >> You can browse the source of some other qt apps to see how to get this
> done.
> >>
> >>>
> >>> -Saurabh
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 5:22 PM, b0unc3 <b0unc3 at email.it> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 1:31 PM, saurabh aggarwal
> >>>> <aggarwal.saurabh at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Here it is -
> >>>>>
> >>>>> [Desktop Entry]
> >>>>> Encoding=UTF-8
> >>>>> Version=0.1
> >>>>> Type=Application
> >>>>> Name=myapp
> >>>>> Exec=/usr/bin/myapp
> >>>>> Icon=myapp
> >>>>> X-Maemo-Category=Main
> >>>>> X-Window-Icon=myapp
> >>>>> X-Window-Icon-Dimmed=myapp
> >>>>
> >>>> I bet you need a valid osso context reference in your app. And also a
> >>>> good .service file (post it here if you have still problems)
> >>>> Follow this guide :
> >>>>
> http://wiki.maemo.org/Documentation/Maemo_5_Developer_Guide/Application_Development/Writing_a_new_maemo_application
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 4:56 PM, Faheem Pervez <trippin1 at gmail.com>
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Start by posting the desktop file.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 12:23 PM, saurabh aggarwal
> >>>>>> <aggarwal.saurabh at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>> > Any ideas on how to debug.
> >>>>>> >
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Best Regards,
> >>>>>> Faheem
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> > Regards,
> >>>>>> > -Saurabh
> >>>>>> >
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> >>>>>> >
> >>>>>> >
> >>>>>
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> >>
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> >
> > If you have service file then you need to set application name on dbus
> > interface or it will be killed after start
> > of application in 2 seconds. Also you need X-Osso-Service line in
> > desktop file. However, this is not your case.
> >
> > Thanks, Daniil.
> >
>
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