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unity screen launcher wont work

Asked by Peter

I have been using classic desktop on 11.04 as unity looks so crappy. As 11.10 only has unity I am trying to use it first in 11.04.
How do I get a screen launcher like

gnome-terminal --geometry 800x600+0+0 -x perl menu

to work in unity.

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Ubfan (ubfan1) said : 		#1

The terminal size may be set by editing the profile. The size is on the first page in terms of lines and columns. The profile second tab also has a place to run a command instead of the shell.
If that does not meet your needs, check out the compizconfig-settings-manager

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

It doesn't only have unity. You can install xfce and use that instead. You can even keep Gnome and install gnome-shell or gnome-panel

If you want the launcher in Unity then run:

gksudo gedit /usr/share/applications/myterm.desktop

add this code:

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=My Terminal
Comment=Open my terminal
Exec=gnome-terminal --geometry 800x600+0+0 -x perl menu
Terminal=false
X-MultipleArgs=true
MimeType=image/bmp;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/jpg;image/png;
Type=Application
Icon=gnome-terminal
Categories=System;TerminalEmulator;

Save the new file, close gedit then press ALT+F2 and run:

unity --replace

You can now drag 'My Terminal' to the Unity panel

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Peter (nitep) said : 		#3

Thanks for that.

I have decided to stick with 11.04 classic desktop and see what the 12.04 release has. Then I will probably change to Lint or Debian linux. I have read of unhappy people who have installed gnome in 11.10

Unity doesnt appear to have a find file with options for hidden files, number of days old etc.

My favourite online news requires the mouse pointer to be kept in column 1 (otherwise it wants the user to reposition news categories) which is no good for unity

Hopefully enough complaints will see something better than the horrible unity in 11.10

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Peter (nitep) said : 		#4

In the above I meant Mint linux not Lint

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Mint isn't supported here. This is Ubuntu support. Mint has it's own support channels and forums. Your OS is supported here:
http://forums.linuxmint.com/

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#6

Thats for when you change ;)

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

Why not just switch DE. Lots of Unity haters are switching to XFCE as it works a lot like Gnome2. I have been personally been using KDE and LXDE the last 4 releases and have had no issues. Gnome is not the only desktop environment

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Peter (nitep) said : 		#8

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.

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Peter (nitep) said : 		#9

XFCE is the way for me now staying with Ubuntu.

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Peter (nitep) said : 		#10

Just a note for anyone else finding unity inflexible, I have installed XFCE with Xubuntu and really like it. I wish I had known about XFCE with Xubuntu a long time age.
Thanks Andrew