Xfce Terminal problem after installing Ptyxis Terminal

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I was very curious about the Ptyxis terminal so I installed it to give it a try.

I am very impressed with it, but it has created a problem. When I open Thunar and select ‘Open terminal here’ it simply opens a terminal here…

 ╭─colin@Garuda in ~ 
 ╰─λ

…not in the folder being shown by Thunar.

Also, if I select ‘Open in root terminal here’ I am asked for the password, and when I enter it nothing happens.

I have selected Ptyxis as the default terminal in ‘Default applications’ to no avail, and I spent two hours last night digging through forums for an answer, also to no avail.

Does anyone know a simple way to get Ptyxis to open in the correct location when it is opened via Thunar?

System:
  Kernel: 6.12.33-1-lts arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.1.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts
    root=UUID=6b8953aa-e87b-4966-b0cc-0de1083bf910 rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet resume=UUID=8bf075b5-c764-4fd6-a6b2-1e55d21a7a1d loglevel=3 ibt=off
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.48 wm: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0
    with: xfce4-panel tools: xfce4-screensaver avail: xautolock dm: LightDM
    v: 1.32.0 Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20L50000UK v: ThinkPad T480
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: 20L50000UK v: SDK0J40697 WIN
    serial: <superuser required>
    part-nu: LENOVO_MT_20L5_BU_Think_FM_ThinkPad T480
    uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: N24ET75W (1.50 )
    date: 10/30/2023
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 10.9 Wh (66.5%) condition: 16.4/24.0 Wh (68.2%)
    volts: 11.3 min: 11.5 model: LGC 01AV421 type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
    status: not charging cycles: 14
  ID-2: BAT1 charge: 16.4 Wh (79.6%) condition: 20.6/23.9 Wh (86.0%)
    volts: 12.2 min: 11.4 model: LGC 01AV490 type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
    status: not charging cycles: 341
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-8250U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Coffee Lake
    gen: core 8 level: v3 note: check built: 2017 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
    model-id: 0x8E (142) stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xF6
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 4 cores: 4 threads: 8 tpc: 2
    smt: enabled cache: L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB
    desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 400/3400 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800
    8: 800 bogomips: 28808
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>

Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: Lenovo ThinkPad T480 driver: i915
    v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports:
    active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:5917 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Bison SunplusIT Integrated Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-8:5 chip-ID: 5986:2113
    class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0 driver:
    X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,intel,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915
    display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 509x286mm (20.04x11.26")
    s-diag: 584mm (22.99")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: BOE Display 0x0791 built: 2017 res:
    mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 158 gamma: 1.2
    size: 309x173mm (12.17x6.81") diag: 354mm (13.9") ratio: 16:9
    modes: 1920x1080
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.313 layers: 7 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel
    UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) driver: mesa intel v: 25.1.3-arch1.3
    device-ID: 8086:5917 surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
    (LLVM 20.1.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.1.3-arch1.3 (LLVM
    20.1.6) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
  API: OpenGL Message: Unable to show GL data. glxinfo is missing.
  Info: Tools: api: vulkaninfo de: xfce4-display-settings
    x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Lenovo ThinkPad T480
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs bus-ID: 00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:9d71 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.33-1-lts status: kernel-api tools: N/A
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: Lenovo ThinkPad T480 driver: e1000e
    v: kernel port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15d8 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp0s31f6 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie:
    gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24fd
    class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-7:4 chip-ID: 8087:0a2b
    class-ID: e001
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: up address: N/A
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 11.37 GiB (4.8%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Intel model: SSDPEKKF256G8L
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    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: L15P temp: 26.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 29.3 GiB size: 29.3 GiB (100.00%) used: 10.73 GiB (36.6%)
    fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 616 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 192.9 GiB size: 192.9 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 652 MiB (0.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 29.3 GiB size: 29.3 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 10.73 GiB (36.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 29.3 GiB size: 29.3 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 10.73 GiB (36.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 30 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.51 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 max-streams: 8
    dev: /dev/zram0
  ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 15.98 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.51 GiB used: 3.48 GiB (22.4%)
  Processes: 306 Power: uptime: 11h 15m states: freeze,mem,disk
    suspend: deep avail: s2idle wakeups: 1 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown,
    reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 6.18 GiB
    services: upowerd,xfce4-power-manager Init: systemd v: 257
    default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Packages: 1303 pm: pacman pkgs: 1295 libs: 416 tools: paru pm: flatpak
    pkgs: 8 Compilers: gcc: 15.1.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 4.0.2
    running-in: ptyxis-agent inxi: 3.3.38
Garuda (2.7.2-1):
  System install date:     2025-06-03
  Last full system update: 2025-06-15
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
  Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify) [ABSOLUTELY NOT!]
  Failed units:
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I ended up throwing the towel in with Ptyxis. I uninstalled it and returned to the Xfce terminal, but this also decided it wasn’t going to work when started via Thunar.

Photo of me when I found out:
:face_with_symbols_on_mouth:

Anyway, after a bit of messing with ‘Thunar > Edit > Configure custom actions’ I modified ‘Open terminal here’ to ‘exo-open --working-directory %f --launch TerminalEmulator’.

This got the non-root terminal to appear.
:relieved_face:

Now I had to get ‘Open a root terminal here’ to work. It took another couple of hours digging until I came across this.

I replaced the original command with ‘pkexec env DISPLAY=$DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY dbus-launch thunar %f’.

I then gave it a try and it worked.
:partying_face:

Needless to say I won’t be changing terminals again in a hurry.

I have added the Garuda fastfetch into to the root terminal and coloured it red to differentiate it from the non-root terminal.

Here’s a screenshot:

root and non-root terminals
root and non-root terminals1920×1080 104 KB

If you have a problem getting the Xfce terminal to work correctly with Thunar the above will hopefully be of help to you.

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