CentOS - Jan 2010 - Starting a java applet from the desktop

CentOS-5.4 i86_64

I have a calculator applet on my desktop (superbcalc.jar).  When I
double click on it I get no response.  If I right click and select
open with java I get no response.  If I open a terminal window and
cd to Desktop and type java -jar superbcalc.jar then the applet
opens.

Does anyone have any idea why I am seeing this behaviour?  There are
no messages in the syslog file relating to this.


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Harte & Lyne Limited          http://www.harte-lyne.ca
9 Brockley Drive              vox: +1 905 561 1241
Hamilton, Ontario             fax: +1 905 561 0757
Canada  L8E 3C3

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James B. Byrne                mailto:ByrneJB at Harte-Lyne.ca
Harte & Lyne Limited          http://www.harte-lyne.ca
9 Brockley Drive              vox: +1 905 561 1241
Hamilton, Ontario             fax: +1 905 561 0757
Canada  L8E 3C3

> CentOS-5.4 i86_64
>
> I have a calculator applet on my desktop (superbcalc.jar).  When I
> double click on it I get no response.  If I right click and select
> open with java I get no response.  If I open a terminal window and
> cd to Desktop and type java -jar superbcalc.jar then the applet
> opens.
>
> Does anyone have any idea why I am seeing this behaviour?  There are
> no messages in the syslog file relating to this.
Sure - there's something wrong with the link. You need to find out what
the icon is pointing to. In kde, at least, I can right-click, and select
properties.

      mark

On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 9:46 AM, James B. Byrne <byrnejb at harte-lyne.ca>
wrote:
> CentOS-5.4 i86_64
>
> I have a calculator applet on my desktop (superbcalc.jar). ?When I
> double click on it I get no response. ?If I right click and select
> open with java I get no response. ?If I open a terminal window and
> cd to Desktop and type java -jar superbcalc.jar then the applet
> opens.
>
> Does anyone have any idea why I am seeing this behaviour? ?There are
> no messages in the syslog file relating to this.
Easiest thing is to just create a shortcut that calls the jar
properly. The procedure depends on the desktop, but for the most part
it's just a rightclick on the desktop, then on the "link" field
you'd
put in your command and the path to the jar.  I keep all my jar files
in ~/bin/java/jar and my shortcut does:

java -jar ~/bin/java/jar/myapp.jar