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Run true multiple process instances of gnome-terminal
I have a launch item on a Gnome desktop whose command is this:
/usr/bin/gnome-terminal --disable-factory
However, when this is launched, it just tells the existing gnome-terminal to create another window, as if the argument weren't there. If I launch several terminals, there is only one gnome-terminal process.
From the shell, if I run the above command, I get a separate instance; ps -aux | grep gnome-terminal shows two processes.
The exact .desktop file looks like this:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Gnome Terminal in Separate Process, DAMN IT!
Exec=/usr/bin/gnome-terminal --disable-factory
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=/usr/share/icons/Humanity/apps/48/gnome-window-manager.svg
Categories=Accessories
StartupNotify=false
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Bugzilla=GNOME
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Product=gnome-terminal
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Component=general
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Version=3.2.2
X-GNOME-DocPath=gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal.xml
X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=gnome-terminal
I'm looking at the documentation for the Exec variable and it says that arguments are supported:
http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-1.1.html#exec-variables
If I try to launch this desktop item, it's just telling the existing Gnome Terminal to fork. And it's not able to do that because that process has a bloated virtual memory footprint, so I get a dialog box saying There was an error launching the application. Details: Failed to fork (Cannot allocate memory). Even in this situation, in an existing terminal, I can easily run /usr/bin/gnome-terminal --disable-factory to get a new terminal window, with no fork failure.
