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      alexanderzhirov last edited by alexanderzhirov

      Installed Lubuntu 20.04.02, installed Qt Creator 4.14.0 based on Qt 5.15.2. All settings are fine, compilers/assemblers/debuggers are configured. I am creating a project with terminal support. In system settings, x-terminal-emulator is installed with the -e parameter. Lubuntu itself has the qterminal terminal, the only one. I'm trying to put together a trivial project with the ability to enter data - the build is successful:

      #include <iostream>
      
      using namespace std;
      
      int main()
      {
          int a = 0;
          cout << "Enter value: " << endl;
          cin >> a;
          cout << "a = " << a << endl;
          return 0;
      }
      

      I am trying to run a project - I get an error in the application output:

      Cannot change to working directory «/home/user/Programming/build-test-Desktop_Qt_5_15_2_GCC_64bit-Debug»: file or directory not found
      

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      As I understand it, the problem is not new and I want to solve it without resorting to installing additional terminal emulators ... I ask for help from the knowledgeable.

      P.S. In other IDE's, everything is compiled and run in an embedded terminal.

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        JonB @alexanderzhirov last edited by JonB

        @alexanderzhirov

        In system settings, x-terminal-emulator is installed with the -e parameter. Lubuntu itself has the qterminal terminal, the only one.

        Confirm how you have set to run qterminal -e? You are saying you have done this, aren't you?

        If you don't get a better answer (and I don't think you will!) I would:

        • Verify you can run qterminal as a command, and verify you can run qterminal -e ls or similar.

        • Temporarily replace qterminal -e from being the terminal command with something which prints exactly whatever it receives on the command line to a log file so we can see just what the full command line Creator is generating reads. I don't know why a problem at the executable level would cause "your directory not found", but let's see if it gets as far as your log.

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          alexanderzhirov @JonB last edited by alexanderzhirov

          @JonB said in Cannot change to working directory «...»: file or directory not found:

          Confirm how you have set to run qterminal -e? You are saying you have done this, aren't you?

          Yes, I set qterminal directly.

          @JonB said in Cannot change to working directory «...»: file or directory not found:

          Verify you can run qterminal as a command, and verify you can run qterminal -e ls or similar.

          user@vb:~$ qterminal -e ls
          Properties constructor called
          TRANSLATIONS_DIR: Loading translation file "qterminal_ru_RU.qm" from dir /usr/share/qterminal/translations
          load success: true
          Icon theme "elementary" not found.
          QDir::exists: Empty or null file name
          QDir::exists: Empty or null file name
          Canot open file "/home/user/.config/qterminal.org/qterminal_bookmarks.xml"
          Trying to load translation file from dir "/usr/share/Lubuntu"
          Trying to load translation file from dir "/usr/local/share"
          Trying to load translation file from dir "/usr/share"
          Trying to load translation file from dir "/var/lib/snapd/desktop"
          Trying to load translation file from dir "/usr/share/qtermwidget5/translations"
          default KB_LAYOUT_DIR:  "/usr/share/qtermwidget5/kb-layouts"
          loadAllColorSchemes
          Shell program: "ls"
          ("ls")
          Properties destructor called
          user@vb:~$ qterminal -e /home/user/Programming/build-test-Desktop_Qt_5_15_2_GCC_64bit-Debug/test 
          Properties constructor called
          TRANSLATIONS_DIR: Loading translation file "qterminal_ru_RU.qm" from dir /usr/share/qterminal/translations
          load success: true
          Icon theme "elementary" not found.
          QDir::exists: Empty or null file name
          QDir::exists: Empty or null file name
          Canot open file "/home/user/.config/qterminal.org/qterminal_bookmarks.xml"
          Trying to load translation file from dir "/usr/share/Lubuntu"
          Trying to load translation file from dir "/usr/local/share"
          Trying to load translation file from dir "/usr/share"
          Trying to load translation file from dir "/var/lib/snapd/desktop"
          Trying to load translation file from dir "/usr/share/qtermwidget5/translations"
          default KB_LAYOUT_DIR:  "/usr/share/qtermwidget5/kb-layouts"
          loadAllColorSchemes
          Shell program: "/home/user/Programming/build-test-Desktop_Qt_5_15_2_GCC_64bit-Debug/test"
          ("/home/user/Programming/build-test-Desktop_Qt_5_15_2_GCC_64bit-Debug/test")
          

          My program requested data entry and executed successfully.

          Properties destructor called
          user@vb:~$
          

          @JonB said in Cannot change to working directory «...»: file or directory not found:

          Temporarily replace qterminal -e from being the terminal command with something which prints exactly whatever it receives on the command line to a log file so we can see just what the full command line Creator is generating reads. I don't know why a problem at the executable level would cause "your directory not found", but let's see if it gets as far as your log.

          I don't quite understand what you mean. But I can launch Qt Creator through the terminal and get the output of messages to the terminal when I run my program:

          user@vb:~$ qtcreator
          Properties constructor called
          TRANSLATIONS_DIR: Loading translation file "qterminal_ru_RU.qm" from dir /usr/share/qterminal/translations
          load success: true
          Icon theme "elementary" not found.
          QDir::exists: Empty or null file name
          QDir::exists: Empty or null file name
          Canot open file "/home/user/.config/qterminal.org/qterminal_bookmarks.xml"
          Trying to load translation file from dir "/usr/share/Lubuntu"
          Trying to load translation file from dir "/usr/local/share"
          Trying to load translation file from dir "/usr/share"
          Trying to load translation file from dir "/var/lib/snapd/desktop"
          Trying to load translation file from dir "/usr/share/qtermwidget5/translations"
          default KB_LAYOUT_DIR:  "/usr/share/qtermwidget5/kb-layouts"
          loadAllColorSchemes
          Shell program: "/opt/Qt/Tools/QtCreator/bin/../libexec/qtcreator/qtcreator_process_stub run /tmp/QtCreator.ZPtjNF/stub-socket Для закрытия данного окна нажмите <ВВОД>... /home/user/Programming/build-test-Desktop_Qt_5_15_2_GCC_64bit-Debug /tmp/QtCreator.kcxFmh 1130 /home/user/Programming/build-test-Desktop_Qt_5_15_2_GCC_64bit-Debug/test"
          ("/opt/Qt/Tools/QtCreator/bin/../libexec/qtcreator/qtcreator_process_stub", "run", "/tmp/QtCreator.ZPtjNF/stub-socket", "Для", "закрытия", "данного", "окна", "нажмите", "<ВВОД>...", "/home/user/Programming/build-test-Desktop_Qt_5_15_2_GCC_64bit-Debug", "/tmp/QtCreator.kcxFmh", "1130", "/home/user/Programming/build-test-Desktop_Qt_5_15_2_GCC_64bit-Debug/test")
          Invalid run control state transition from  "RunControlState::Starting"  to  "RunControlState::Stopped"
          Properties destructor called
          
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            JonB @alexanderzhirov last edited by JonB

            @alexanderzhirov
            Yeah, the console output you have just pasted is doubtless the issue. It may have nothing to do with qterminal vs xterm, or anything else. I don't know why though. Ensure you can create that path, though I'm sure you can.

            Which then takes you all the way back to xterm after all via https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14010521/cannot-connect-creator-comm-socket-tmp-qt-temp-jh2103-stub-socket-no-such-file

            I think you're on your own figuring why qterminal is problematic....

            P.S.
            https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-6007 from 2011.

            Everybody ends up using /usr/bin/xterm -e :)

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              alexanderzhirov @JonB last edited by alexanderzhirov

              @JonB said in Cannot change to working directory «...»: file or directory not found:

              Everybody ends up using /usr/bin/xterm -e :)

              Yes, i know it:)

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              But need to understand why this does not work with QTerminal. On github, they believe that it has nothing to do with it.

              The question is still open.

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                alexanderzhirov last edited by

                Created a bug report.

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