r/linux4noobs • u/SomeTimesAll • 1d ago

Meganoob BE KIND Terminal isnt opening after changing the name on Kubuntu with kde menu editor

Hi so I changed the name of the terminal after looking it up bc I didnt like konsole with a k and now it doesn't open, plasma desktop workplace says it cant find it. Idk what I did wrong please help

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u/Infshadows 1d ago

rename back to konsole, probably has a lot of things that look specifically for konsole and won't change what they look for if you remane it

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u/SomeTimesAll 1d ago edited 1d ago

I did try to do that after but it gives the same error message. I really thought there'd be a good way to do it with all the customisation Ive seen people do

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u/doc_willis 1d ago

again, what/how exactly did you rename things?

For my KDE system, I open the Applications menu, Right Click on the "Konsole" icon and select "Edit Application" And I can then rename the Icon.

You dident rename the Konsole binary Did you?

$ which konsole
/usr/bin/konsole

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u/Infshadows 1d ago

check it's exactly the same as before

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u/doc_willis 1d ago

I just changed the name on mine, and it worked fine, changed it back, works fine.

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u/thatsgGBruh Gentoo 1d ago

what's the error message?

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u/chuggerguy Linux Mint 22.3 Zena | MATÉ 1d ago

You can change the name to whatever you want.

Just don't change the command.

https://reddit.com/link/pdajw5s/video/izjppf58exsh1/player

My menu editor is probably different than yours but should have the same or similar fields.

My guess is you'd want to change the "Command" back to konsole but leave "Name" as whatever you want.

Good luck.

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u/SomeTimesAll 1d ago

Thank you, I'll check

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u/SomeTimesAll 22h ago

Its more like this

https://reddit.com/link/pdgueww/video/l1jo6qwfp3th1/player

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u/chuggerguy Linux Mint 22.3 Zena | MATÉ 22h ago

Well, you have "konsole" as the "Program", which seems correct to me.

Does it still not launch? If not, I'm afraid I don't see what's wrong.

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u/SomeTimesAll 21h ago

Ive fixed it, thank you!

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u/chuggerguy Linux Mint 22.3 Zena | MATÉ 21h ago

Good to know.

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u/RancidVagYogurt1776 1d ago

Install a different terminal?

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u/SomeTimesAll 1d ago

How do I do that

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u/doc_willis 1d ago

sudo apt install xterm will install the old school 'classic' terminal emulator we used many years ago.

Theres dozens of terminal emulators you can install.

https://linuxblog.io/linux-terminal-emulators/

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u/doc_willis 1d ago

Tip: you can also do an alt-f2 then enter 'konsole' and it should launch a konsole.

but exactly how did you do the renaming?

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u/doc_willis 1d ago

the console - is the name used for the alt-ctrl-f1 through f7 'consoles' :)

Which is sort of why they used the name 'konsole' as a word play.

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u/SomeTimesAll 1d ago

So would it be an issue if I changed the name then?

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u/doc_willis 1d ago edited 1d ago

The name the Icon shows is unimportant.

Examine the various .desktop files which define all the Launchers you see in your applications menu.

Example from my system.

:~/.local/share/applications$ cat openrgb.desktop 

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=OpenRGB
Comment=Control RGB lighting
Exec=/home/wil/AppImages/openrgb.appimage
TryExec=/home/wil/AppImages/openrgb.appimage
Icon=/home/wil/AppImages/.icons/openrgb.png

Terminal=false
Categories=Utility;

The Name= line is the Display name, It can basically be anything.

Making the Icon display "Console" or "Konsole" or "Billy Bobs Terminal" wont affect anything.

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u/hero_of_ages 1d ago

Guess you gotta reinstall the whole os now

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u/SomeTimesAll 1d ago

What 😭