duplicated terminal icons

[Hong Nguyen]

I followed instructions from http://wiki.go-docky.com/index.php?title=How_to_Customize_Window_Matching and added StartupWMClass=Gnome-terminal into gnome-terminal.desktop but that didn't solve the problem.
I noticed that if I run terminal from /usr/share/applications, it's displayed in the dock's icon otherwise it's displayed with another ugly icon. Beside that, the ugly icon doesn't have the option "Keep in Dock".

I'm using Linux Mint 17 Cinnamont 64-bit
Plank version 0.6.1
Docky version 3.0

[Silvio Sabo (silvio-s)]

I have the same problem, using Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca.

If I open a terminal using the icon from the menu it doesn't create a duplicate but if I start it from Plank it creates a duplica terminal Icon.

I have tried to add

StartupWMClass=gnome-terminal as well as StartupWMClass=Terminal but none of them works.

I have tried to change all gnome-terminal entries in /usr/share/applications/Terminal.desktop to Terminal and vice versa.
I have tried to change the name from Terminal.desktop to gnome-terminal.desktop and I have tried copying Terminal.desktop to gnome-terminal.desktop and have both of the files in /usr/share/applications/ and tried to make the above changes in both.

I tried editing the file for the icon in /home/[my username]/.config/plank/dock1/launchers and changing it's name to both gnome-terminal.dockitem and Terminal.dockitem.

Nothing works!

Does anyone have a solution?

[tstumm (tstumm)]

I experience the same problem since Linux Mint 17 (Cinnamon).
I've also tried almost everything, but nothing will work.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[firefox-user-88 (navarroj)]

Commenting out the line OnlyShowIn=GNOME;Unity; in /usr/share/applications/gnome-terminal.desktop solved this issue for me.

/usr/share/applications/gnome-terminal.desktop:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Terminal
...
#OnlyShowIn=GNOME;Unity;
...

[dinosaurfiles (assodusta)]

File: gnome-terminal.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Terminal
Comment=Use the command line
TryExec=gnome-terminal
Exec=gnome-terminal
Icon=utilities-terminal
Type=Application
X-GNOME-DocPath=gnome-terminal/index.html
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Bugzilla=GNOME
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Product=gnome-terminal
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Component=BugBuddyBugs
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Version=3.6.2
Categories=GNOME;GTK;Utility;TerminalEmulator;
StartupNotify=true
StartupWMClass=gnome-terminal
OnlyShowIn=GNOME;Unity;
Keywords=Run;
Actions=New
X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=gnome-terminal

[Desktop Action New]
Name=New Terminal
Exec=gnome-terminal
OnlyShowIn=Unity

; fixed it with this.

[Matt McGraw (g33kdad)]

I am having this same problem. LM 17.1 Rebecca 32-bit. When I installed Mint fresh, it was fine. But, the last update messed it up. I have tried "StartupWMClass=Gnome-terminal" to no avail. Also tried the same with "gnome-terminal" instead, no joy.

So far, no fix

[David Wilian Oliveira de Sousa (david-sousarj)]

I have the exact same issue for a while using Linux Mint 17.1 Cinnamon. But the solution of ~navarroj works to me.

[Lorenzo Neri (straxel7)]

I tried the solution of navarroj:
/***
Commenting out the line OnlyShowIn=GNOME;Unity; in /usr/share/applications/gnome-terminal.desktop solved this issue for me.

/usr/share/applications/gnome-terminal.desktop:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Terminal
...
#OnlyShowIn=GNOME;Unity;
...
***/

[bwat47 (bwat47)]

Editing the file in /usr/share/applications could potentially get overridden after an update, I'd recommend copying the .desktop file to /home/usernamehere/.local/share/applications, editing the file there, and dragging that file to your plank dock.

[Rokhsane (t4rik)]

Add "X-Cinnamon;" to "OnlyShowIn=GNOME;Unity;"

/usr/share/applications/gnome-terminal.desktop:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Terminal
.
.
.

OnlyShowIn=GNOME;Unity;X-Cinnamon;

.
.

[Zlatko Zlatev (zlatko-zlatev)]

@Rokhsane, nice find! Works perfectly.

[Avery Bunker (tuxery)]

Still an issue with Linux Mint 18. Rokhsane (t4rik) fix works instantly.