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Hi, i cant run the browser bundle. An any other distro i just decompress the zip file (sometimes make executable) y run the the desktop file but, in mageia, this doesnt work. When i run the ".desktop" shortcut, it just opens the "open with" window and nothing happens. What can i do?

Thanks

Which DE (Desktop Environment; Plasna/Gnome/...) do you use?

morgano wrote:Which DE (Desktop Environment; Plasna/Gnome/...) do you use?

Plasma.

How do you "run" the desktop file? And what are the contents of it?

doktor5000 wrote:How do you "run" the desktop file? And what are the contents of it?

By double click. This is the .desktop file open with a text editor:

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#!/usr/bin/env ./Browser/execdesktop
#
# This file is a self-modifying .desktop file that can be run from the shell.
# It preserves arguments and environment for the start-tor-browser script.
#
# Run './start-tor-browser.desktop --help' to display the full set of options.
#
# When invoked from the shell, this file must always be in a Tor Browser root
# directory. When run from the file manager or desktop GUI, it is relocatable.
#
# After first invocation, it will update itself with the absolute path to the
# current TBB location, to support relocation of this .desktop file for GUI
# invocation. You can also add Tor Browser to your desktop's application menu
# by running './start-tor-browser.desktop --register-app'
#
# If you use --register-app, and then relocate your TBB directory, Tor Browser
# will no longer launch from your desktop's app launcher/dock. However, if you
# re-run --register-app from inside that new directory, the script
# will correct the absolute paths and re-register itself.
#
# This file will also still function if the path changes when TBB is used as a
# portable app, so long as it is run directly from that new directory, either
# via the shell or via the file manager.

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Tor Browser Setup
GenericName=Web Browser
Comment=Tor Browser is +1 for privacy and -1 for mass surveillance
Categories=Network;WebBrowser;Security;
Exec=sh -c '"$(dirname "$*")"/Browser/start-tor-browser --detach || ([ ! -x "$(dirname "$*")"/Browser/start-tor-browser ] && "$(dirname "$*")"/start-tor-browser --detach)' dummy %k
X-TorBrowser-ExecShell=./Browser/start-tor-browser --detach
Icon=web-browser
StartupWMClass=Tor Browser


What is the output of desktop-file-validate against that .desktop file?
Apart from that you're probably better off asking about this upstream, there are also various other reports about this issue:

https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/9091
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13375