Java application (Minecraft) can't be launched from desktop

Question

I'm okay with the terminal, but I'm trying to learn how to use the gnome gui. The following command works no problem in the terminal: /usr/bin/java -Xms2048M -Xmx4096M -jar /home/luke/.minecraft/PixelMonServer/forge-1.12.2-14.23.5.2768-universal.jar nogui

I have created a .desktop file for it and placed it in '~/Desktop' and '~/.local/share/applications'. It looks good in both places (icon displays, I can find it in Activities) but it doesn't seem to actually do anything. Nothing fires up, and 'ps -ef | grep java' shows no running java processes.

The contents of my .desktop file are below:

[Desktop Entry] Name=Pixelmon Server Comment=Start Pixelmon Server Exec=/usr/bin/java -Xms2048M -Xmx4096M -jar /home/luke/.minecraft/PixelMonServer/forge-1.12.2-14.23.5.2768-universal.jar nogui Icon=/home/luke/Pictures/pixelmon.png Terminal=True Type=Application Categories=Game;

edit: I figured this out. If anyone else has a similar problem, check below.

Answer 1

I figured this out. In case anyone else has a similar problem: I believe the reason it was not working is because the Minecraft server was looking for eula.txt in my current working directory.

I made a bash script which started with 'cd my_path' and then pointed the desktop shortcut to that. It now works.