No menu entry to start Telegram
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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telegram-desktop (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I haven't been able to test this in the standard Ubuntu release desktop (the new Gnome variety), but there is no entry in any of the available menu tools in Ubuntu MATE 17.10 (latest beta). It also doesn't show as a running application in any of the panels or Mutiny Dock (on the Mutiny panel arrangement for MATE). It only shows in the 'tray' at the top right of the screen. The only way to start it seems to be to open a terminal and use 'telegram-desktop &'.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: telegram-desktop 1.1.19-1build1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.12.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: MATE
Date: Tue Sep 5 16:36:21 2017
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-06-16 (80 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
SourcePackage: telegram-desktop
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-09-01 (3 days ago)
tags: | removed: artful |
Changed in telegram-desktop (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Incomplete |
A bit more info following investigation. When using MenuLibre to investigate the menu applications Telegram is listed. It is also listed when using the MATE Menu Editor (mozo). It doesn't, however show in the menus - Brisk Menu, Main Menu (The Main MATE Menu) or MATE Menu (Advanced MATE Menu).
Interestingly, Mutt is also listed in both menu editors, but missing in the Brisk Menu. It does, however, show in the Main Menu and MATE Menu, where Telegram doesn't.
On further investigation it looks as though removing the bottom line:
MimeType= x-scheme- handler/ tg;
from the telegramdesktop .desktop file in /usr/share/ applications/ fixes the problem. For me this isn't an issue since I've never had a Telegram link work, so Mime isn't working anyway in this case.