Hello every one
not sure if this connected with plasma but it is all about widget mentioned above

I want to add new menu item ( i even succeed in one ) but it fails to lunch
I want to add MPIDE item ( https://github.com/chipKIT32/chipKIT32-MAX/downloads )
it took a time for me to install it and now i able to launch it from console as regular user
if i launch it as root there throws some exceptions

when i added MPIDE to menu and also checked 'run in console' I saw the same behavior as when I launched it as root

Is kickoff widget launch applications as root?
And how make this menu item launchable?

post the output in the "run in console" console window

no, apps are not run as root unless you specify it to be

here

http://paste.kde.org/723140/

does not look like a KDE issue, looks like a pathing issue - see line 131

when you run it successfully in command line what folder are you in? as it works from command line not menu I would suggest filling in the work path (advanced tab) in menu editor

they have a Linux startup troubleshouting FAQ/thread http://www.chipkit.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=18

Yeah I saw it when launching as root or before i installed rxtx
also i set the working directory in menu item as directory which script in

set work path to the folder you run it successfully in using command line

you mean this?

cd /home/yaroslav/mpide-0023-linux-20120903 && /home/yaroslav/mpide-0023-linux-20120903/mpide

steal do not work

what the difference between launching from console and launching from kickoff?

Is it not hard for you to try MPIDE on your machine?

change the working path to /home/yaroslav/mpide-0023-linux-20120903/

yaroslav kishchenko wrote:you mean this?

cd /home/yaroslav/mpide-0023-linux-20120903 && /home/yaroslav/mpide-0023-linux-20120903/mpide

steal do not work

what the difference between launching from console and launching from kickoff?

using the above in the work path won't work because it would be looking for a folder path and you're providing multiple commands, might work if used in the command field

the problem you're experiencing is probably due to the command, mpide, searching for things using a relative path from where the command was executed

i launch mpide from console from /home/yaroslav/mpide-0023-linux-20120903 and it works
i tried those multiple commands and i tried just command with setting working dir in dialog but its not working
it seems like kickoff widget lunches program with some tricks
when i first time launch it from console and it gave the same mistake as now the problem was that there was no path in LD_LIBRARY_PATH to /usr/lib/jni
also mpide use a lot of java so may be kde do some tricks with jvm
i use sun jvm

this is what worked fine for me

lucky!!!!!
can you run mpide as root?

it might be a problem of mpide cause i can not launch as root
i also ask about that issue in chipkit forum but it steal did not help

you don't want to run any app other than an admin task as root as it's bad form and dangerous

using kdesu no work but su -c ./mpide does if started in the mpide dir, assume has to do with env variables and pathing