Slingshot / Unity 3D dash does not display icons specified as relative path to XDG_DATA_DIRS

[Jonathan Alfonso]

Slingshot is not showing an icon for a game called "Minecraft". I am using an installer I created ( located here - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/54213557/MIFU/mifu.sh ). Plank/Unity's launcher are both capable of showing the SVG, however it is not shown in Slingshot or Unity 3D Dash.

Dragging the shortcut onto the Unity 3D launcher fixes the issue.

The problem is in the mojang-Minecraft.desktop file, the line "Icon=minecraft.svg" should have been "minecraft". This can be fixed by the package owners however it's unlikely in closed source packages that are affected by the same bug such as Skype.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: elementary 0.2
Package: elementary-desktop 1.271-0~341~precise1 [origin: LP-PPA-elementary-os-daily]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-25.40-generic 3.2.18
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-25-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8+elementary3~precise1
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: elementary_meta
Date: Tue Jun 26 17:35:48 2012
InstallationMedia: elementary OS 0.2 "Luna" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20120624-16:17
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: elementary-meta
SuspiciousXErrors:

ThirdParty: True
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Jonathan Alfonso (alfonsojon1997)]

I apologise, I meant slingshot, too familiar with iOS devices.

[Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff (shnatsel)]

This sounds like a bug in the installation script - the icon should be installed to /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/, not /usr/share/icons/

[Jonathan Alfonso (alfonsojon1997)]

I'll modify the script and see if that does anything

[Jonathan Alfonso (alfonsojon1997)]

I modified the script to use the proper icon folder however this bug still persists.

[Danielle Foré (danrabbit)]

Well this bug is definitely invalid because all of our icons are SVG.

This line in your script is incorrect "Icon=minecraft.svg" remove the ".svg" part.

[Jonathan Alfonso (alfonsojon1997)]

My apologies

[Danielle Foré (danrabbit)]

Hey no worries. Did that fix your issue?

[Jonathan Alfonso (alfonsojon1997)]

Yep. Thanks guys, I'm new to shell scripting and didn't notice any wrong-doings.

[Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff (shnatsel)]

Looks like this is indeed a bug. At least FBReader and XaraLX from Ubuntu repos as well as the official Skype client use entries like "Icon=skype.png" or "Icon=FBReader.png". I don't really care about Xara, but FBReader and Skype are serious business.

[Jonathan Alfonso (alfonsojon1997)]

It looks like this isn't present in Unity 3D 6.2 (on 12.10 Quantal)