Run Command - notwork - Fedora 42
Hello everyone, I'm new here. I love Open Deck, thanks for that...
So I need help 🙂
I don't know how to use it to open any program, I try the Run command, right?
When I use the Run command, it opens, but if I press any key, my software closes.
Sorry for the question, but I don't see any posts about this.
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Hey Labao, welcome. What operating system are you using?
chat Linux Fedora 42
sweet, im using Nobara, so pretty much the same thing. You can use that run command to run scripts. The scripts can be as simple as saying "Open this program"
Ill grab one of mine and show you
For example, I use the Houdini software, and when I type Houdini in the terminal, it opens the program, right?
So if I put the command in the Run Command, it even opens the program, BUT if I press any key on my keyboard, my program closes instantly.
what do you mean your software closes?
oh i see
that's very strange, if you press a key on your keyboard you say? not your stream deck?
keyboard
i can only imagine thats a bug with the houdini software then
opendeck does not use the keyboard at all
@nekename What if its opened as a subprocess, and the subprocess gets killed when something on the keyboard is pressen?
This error only happens if I open the software through opendesk, if I open it normally through a shortcut, it works normally.
i have no idea why that would happen
ok. was just an idea
ok. tried to reproduce on my system with obs -> works perfectly fine.
@Lobão does it work if you start houdini through terminal?
I usually just work by opening houdini from the terminal. I type houdini and it opens my software. and everything works.
Another question, is the Run Command button really like that? Key Down and Key up? It looks a lot like the Simulation input to me.
Just so I know if I'm doing the right thing.
its almost the smae. Just that the Input simulation emulates a keyboard and run command runs a terminal command.
yes thats the run command action
you could run one command on press, and another on release.
I need to put the opening of my program in just one button state, right? I know, my question seems silly to me.
yes. only one
I made a button to open discord with the command
/usr/bin/discord
And it worked perfectly. It didn't close when I pressed a key on my keyboard.
If I make a button with houdini
/usr/local/sbin/houdini
It closes when I press any key on my keyboard
Does the path from which you are opening the software influence it?
should not influence it. Seems like a problem with the Houdini software.
Funny, I also have StreamDeck UI installed, and opening the software through it doesn't cause me any problems. I like Opendeck!
does Streamdeck UI have aown action t run applications or is it also just a run command one?
and what happens if you only run "houdini" without the path?
streamdeck ui runs a command too, in the same way.
The same thing happens. It closes when you press any key. Strange, right?
what exactly does the houdini software do?
How did you install opendeck?
Houdini is a professional 3D visual effects (VFX) software.
let me install it and see what happens. May take a moment
install this
https://github.com/nekename/OpenDeck
GitHub
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the rpm there? Or through flatpak?
nohup /usr/local/sbin/houdini > /dev/null 2>&1 &
Curious if nohup works
maybe appimage
please try using either rpm or flatpak.
I tried this too and had the same problem.
ok, give me one minute
I installed flathub (flatpack) and it's working now. I even installed it through the Fedora app store.
then it could be a bug within the appimage
I had already installed it before, but for some reason I tried the other version, something wasn't working in this version of flatpack, now I can't remember what it was.
appimage is not great
if you find what it was, you can always open an issue
Thanks for the help my friends.
please use the RPM, that is the best choice
no problem
always
I'll try rpm just for testing.
Thanks again. I'm really enjoying Opendeck.
I now have marked the issue as resolved