.desktops that have "Settings" in the Categories= line will not show in the applications lenses or search
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-shell (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Am finding that any .desktop with Settings in that line doesn't show in gnome-shells applications lenses and can't be found in a search
Removing Settings from the line allows them to show
Clear examples are synaptic.desktop and update-
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gnome-shell 3.0.2-1svn2
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-9-generic i686
NonfreeKernelMo
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Jul 12 12:32:38 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110202)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-07-03 (9 days ago)
tags: |
added: gnome-shell removed: unity-2d |
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Further - if the edited .desktops are in /usr/.. then they will only show for the login when they were edited. share/applicati ons
To keep permanently visible they need to be copied to `~/.local/
This seems to only affect 32 bit install, though not confirmed here, only have a 32 bit install