debian-8 template problem

[haaber]

Hello,
I come back to my video-player problem. While I understand that qubes
won't ship fedora software that fedore accepts only in rpmfusion, there
seems an easy solution to my concrete problem: use the debian8 template
since they ship mplayer2 for example without trouble ...

However, when I shut down the appVM and change its template to debian8,
I can not even open a terminal. The appvm seems to run, qubes vm manager
says, but no application is visible. When I revert it back all is
normal. Since this is a fresh install (5 days old), I probably do some
newbe error; so I appreciate some hint of yours. Thank you, Bernhard

[Daniel Moerner]

Hi,

This is something that confused me at first too. When you switch the template of an appVM, the menus can't automatically update. Although Debian and Fedora both have gnome-terminal, they are actually invoked slightly differently from the menu (as you can see in ~/.local/share/applications in dom0).

What you need to do is open "Add more shortcuts" for the appVM after changing the template. It will then show the new applications, including the terminal, and let you add them.

Daniel