Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 5.3 glitches

I can confirm Paul's solution.  I use Slackware Linux and xfce4 for my 
desktop.  xfce provides a similar popup when the .desktop file is not 
+x.  I routinely change the *.desktop files to +x to quiet the xfce 
complaints.

IMHO, This is not exactly a LO problem.  Sure, they could ship the 
distro with all .desktop files +x but that is not the proper solution, 
nor is it LO's responsibility.  The proper solution is to get the 
packager to make the change, or do it yourself as a part of system 
configuration.

As for changing the .desktop properties, such as the text or icon, that 
information is embedded into the .desktop file, which, as you 
discovered, is owned by root and cannot be changed without being root.  
I would suggest making a user-editable version by changing the symlink 
to the .desktop file in your ~/Desktop directory to a copy of the 
.desktop file itself.  Just find the desktop file and copy it into your 
~/Desktop directory.  Doing the copy should change the permissions to 
your user permissions.  If not, then you may have to be root to change 
them.  When you have a user version, then you can change the .desktop 
properties, including its filename which may be used as the desktop icon 
text.  Here, I am assuming your desktop abides by the opendesktop 
standards, which include the ~/Desktop directory.  xfce does and so does 
kde.  If not, you may have to find out where your desktop places the 
.desktop files displayed on the desktop.

HTH.

Girvin Herr



On 02/03/2017 06:38 AM, Paul D. Mirowsky wrote:
> Try changing the Icon properties set to allow execute.
>
> This may help.
>
>
> On 2/2/2017 7:36 PM, Dave Stevens wrote:
> > Minor ones, the download and install were fine and that fixed my lack
> > of spell-checking that I was complaining of here a while back.
> >
> > I'm using Linux Mint 18. The new icons for version 5.3 showed up in the
> > start menu and they work. My boot process ends at a desktop so I like
> > to have a LO Writer icon on the desktop so I can start there if I want.
> > I popped up the start menu, went into "office" then with the mouse
> > over the LO Writer icon, dragged it to the desktop, leaving me with a
> > desktop icon as launcher. Clicking on the desktop icon gives a dialog
> > box with a message, "untrusted application launcher" and "The
> > application launcher 'libre-office5-3writer.desktop' has not been marked
> > as trusted. If you do not know the source of this file, launching it
> > may be unsafe." Below are two buttons, "Launch anyway" and "Cancel" I
> > always launch and it works fine. Still it would be nice to make it
> > trusted.
> >
> > Also the icon has a little lock emblem in the top right corner.
> > Ordinarily I expect to see that when I'm running as a user and trying
> > to launch a program owned by root. And finally I'd like to be able to
> > change the icon image and label text but an attempt to rename through
> > the icon properties dialogue box leaves me with a message box telling me
> > the item could not be renamed and 'unable to rename desktop file.'
> >
> > All small stuff the upgrade is still very worthwhile.
> > TIA
> >
> > Dave


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