Some programs does not start

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clemens

Some programs does not start

Post by clemens »

Hi,

I have a fresh mint installed on my machine. I cant open some programs, for instance catalyst administration, or f.lux preferences; when i click on the symbol, nothing happens. When I open by typing the command in terminal, it works. F.lux does not work at all.

How can I fix that?
Which log-files to look at?

Kind Regards,
Clemens
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dawgdoc

Re: Some programs does not start

Post by dawgdoc »

for the app working from terminal, locate the executable with

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whereis <appname>
substituting <appname> for f.lux or whatever.

Then right click on the menu icon, select properties, compare the entry for the command with the return from the whereis command.
BozoDel

Re: Some programs does not start

Post by BozoDel »

sorry to revive this ole thread, but I'm having the same problem and I think I have some info.

f.lux is just a frontend for xflux, and that's where the problem is. when I type xflux in the terminal it just gives me something about missing dependencies.
BozoDel

Re: Some programs does not start

Post by BozoDel »

wow, forget about this. now I'm using redshift!
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