Re: Lem does not launch with the sdl2 interface

[Luis Felipe]

On 19/11/24 21:45, Luis Felipe wrote:
> Hi Gabor,
>
> On 19/11/24 18:59, Gabor Gero via wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I have installed lem with a simple guix install lem but trying to 
> > launch it via it's sdl2 frontend fails and launches the terminal 
> > version instead. Is this expected behaviour? Lem itself doesn't 
> > display any errors.

I just tried with "guix install lem" and "lem -i sdl2" worked as well.

Something I noticed is that lem doesn't seem to provide a desktop entry, 
so it doesn't show up in the list of applications (in GNOME Shell, for 
example).


> I don't know lem, but it seems to work for me trying it out in a Guix 
> shell like this (using guix ac19ae3):
>
>   guix shell lem
>   lem -i sdl2
>
> I see a window opens and the lem interface is clickable with the mouse.
>
> One thing I noticed, though, is that the Getting started information 
> fails to load:
>
>   Couldn't execute "xdg-open": no such file or directory.

And this error is solved by installing "xdg-utils" in the same 
environment (it provides "xdg-open"). So:

  guix shell lem xdg-utils
  lem -i sdl2

And then clicking on "Getting started" will open a remote guide in the 
default web browser.

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