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John von Neumann
March 2nd, 2008, 12:07 PM
Hi all,

I'm using gDesklets in Ubuntu 7.10 and I'd like one of my launchers (using the StarterBar Desklet) to do the following:

1) open the terminal
2) run ssh
3) leave the terminal open

In the 'command field' for the launcher I've used the following:

gnome-terminal -x ssh <all the usual> &

And nothing happens. If I open the terminal and run the same command, I get EXACTLY what I want - I just don't see why it isn't working through gDesklets. Any help on the matter would be much appreciated!

[Please be gentle, this is only my second weekend with Linux!]

John von Neumann
March 2nd, 2008, 02:35 PM
Well I managed to fix the problem: removing the & works.