Re: how to start jbidwatcher

[David Goodenough <david.goodenough@btconnect.com>]

Try opening a Konsole and starting it manually, i.e. issue the java -jar ...
command by hand.  That way you get to see the error messages and if
they do not point you at the problem they might help us help you.

David

On Monday 06 September 2004 09:42, Mike Chandler wrote:
> Well, I tried the suggestion; but I must not be doing something right.
> Here's what I did;
> 1. went onto the dir where JBidWatcher-0.9.3.1.jar is located, (which
> is  /home/mike/programs)
> 2. rightclicked and did 'create new file > text file', and called it
> jbidwatcher.sh
> 3. made  jbidwatcher.sh executable
> 4. Opened  jbidwatcher.sh with an editor and put in the sample script you
> gave me, (editing for actual path.) Like this:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> cd /home/mike/programs/
> java -jar JBidWatcher-0.9.3.1.jar
>
> 5. on desktop, rightclicked and did 'create new file > link to application'
> 6. made it executable
> 7. rightclick on the new icon, click properties tab, typed in the command
> field: /home/mike/programs/jbidwatcher.sh
>
> Now I click on that desktop icon I just made, and nothing opens, but the
> little hourglass timer flashes for 10-15 seconds then stops.
>
> Probably simple, but obviously beyond me. Please, what did I do or not do?
> Thanks.