Filemanager app does not work on the desktop

Bug #1309245 reported by Victor Thompson
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #1312712: Does not run on desktop. Edit Remove
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Ubuntu File Manager App
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Bug Description

Running the filemanager installed from the PPA does not work. On 14.04 it appears as a blank window and on 13.10 it doesn't appear to show anything.

When running from the console the following can be seen:

$ filemanager
using main qml file from: ""
file:///home/victor/: File not found

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Victor Thompson (vthompson) wrote :
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Christopher Kyle Horton (christhehorton) wrote :

I am affected as well. For me, the window shows whatever was behind it when it is started and resized. You can also see this occurring at this Google+ post: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+ChristopherHorton/posts/SU2wJvtLLv9

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Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey) wrote :

I just pulled bzr rev 158 and built it locally which works. So something in r159/160 broke it.

Changed in ubuntu-filemanager-app:
status: New → Confirmed
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