Failed to change to directory '' (No such file or directory)

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denzyl
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Failed to change to directory '' (No such file or directory)

Post by denzyl »

I have installed LXDE in my Fedora 17 after trying XFCE. The desktop has all my applications, but when I click on the file manager icon, and also Evolution, I get the above error message. File manager is not a problem as I can use the LXDE file manager, but I would like to be able to access Evolution (or some similar application if available). How do I find out what commands are issued when an Icon is clicked?
Thanks - Den.
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Re: Failed to change to directory '' (No such file or direct

Post by seppalta »

The execute command is generally the official name of the application for a common linux app. To get precise information, go to the app's .desktop file, usually found in /usr/share/applications and open it with any text editor. The part after exec= is the launch command. I find it easier to just use a little shell script to launch my 4 emails simultaneously, rather than a heavy program like evolution. See http://lxlinux.com/#1 for details.
denzyl
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Re: Failed to change to directory '' (No such file or direct

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Thanks for your reply. I take it you refer to 'Desktop Panel Links and Bash Script Launchers'. So far, I have avoided dealing with Bash scripts. However, I looked at the entry for evolution in the /desktops folder and keyed in the command '/usr/bin/exo-open --launch MailReader %u' in a terminal. I got the message 'evolution:6862 evolution shell warning **: cannot import any of the given URLs'. I re-entered the command minus the %u and evolution started OK. However, when I exited evolution , the following message was displayed '(evolution:1607): libnotify-WARNING **: Failed to connect to proxy

** (evolution:1607): WARNING **: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.Notifications was not provided by any .service files'.
It least now I can read my emails. Evolution does seem to load slowly, so maybe it's a bloated piece of code, or providing facilities that I do not use. I'll look into alternative mail programs.

Regards
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Re: Failed to change to directory '' (No such file or direct

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Look in to Thunderbird. I have been using it for years. It works real fast in Lubuntu.
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denzyl
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Re: Failed to change to directory '' (No such file or direct

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Thanks for the info on Thunderbird, I was thinking of giving it a try.
FWIE, today, I idly clicked on the Evolution icon and got the usual error message, but I did something which caused the icon to be repositioned on the desktop, and the other icons were re-arranged, leaving the evo icon on it's own and 'faded'. I went into menu->office and added another Evolution to the desktop, and deleted the old one. Hey Presto! up came Evolution - no problems - when I clicked on it. The old icon had been created as part of the installation of LXDE when I moved from XFCE. The LXDE installation process had picked up all my XFCE icons, but Evo and File Managed were the only two that didn't work.
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Re: Failed to change to directory '' (No such file or direct

Post by marcolinux »

This post is old sorry, but it shows first when search.
I solved by editing [app.desktop] and removing empty parameter Path= .

Just to test, setting Path=/home/$USER:
Failed to change to directory '/home/$USER' (No such file or directory)

Setting Path=/home/jonhdue [<--- your user name] works.

Now I can launch them. Maybe is a pacmanfm bug? When I have time I will check the source (yeah right :) ).
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Re: Failed to change to directory '' (No such file or direct

Post by Rex Bouwense »

Welcome to the LXDE forum. Yes, it is an old thread and thank you for the information. There has been a new version of PCManFM released since then. Don't know if that has anything to do with it.
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