Hello, so created a test application for via pygtk and its working fine.

I then created a deb package and installed the app successfully.

If I call /usr/bin/test1 from Scratchbox, I see the little app in Xephyr window.

However, if I navigate to 'applications' via the dashboard and click on my spiffy app, I get a 'loading' icon and it then simply says:
Unable to load

Does the 'application' panel run the script differently then how I'm calling it?

Any help would be appreciated.

Comment out "X-Osso-Service" from your desktop file. You'll want to start using it later, but as you're not sure on what it does ATM...

Thanks for the tip.

Though your suggestion didn't fix the problem, it did lead me to the issue.

I was pointing to the wrong script.

In test1.desktop I had:
Exec=/usr/bin/test

Where it should be:
Exec=/usr/bin/test1

I fixed the desktop file and repackaged and re-installed and it works fine now.

Thanks again for the help.