Comment 43 for bug 765736

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Lonepsi (imho) wrote :

Well, at first sight, I would to say I have the same bug with U12.04 LTS
[uname gives
Linux A64 3.5.0-29-generic #49~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 8 00:08:45 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
apt-cache policy unity gives
unity:
  Installé : 5.18.0-0ubuntu2
  Candidat : 5.18.0-0ubuntu2
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1) TB doesn't appear in the dashboard when I type "thunderbird" while it is already installed.

2) I launch TB with a terminal. The icon in the Launcher is a grey question mark, not the nice blue bird. If I select "keep in the launcher" on the TB icon, then log out then log in again , TB is not kept in the Launcher.

3) I lauch TB, again with a terminal. The grey icon for TB appears in the launcher, ok. Then I use dconf-editor for a check.
When I set "keep in the launcher" on TB icon, dconf-editor shows immediatly the item 'thunderbird.desktop' in the favorites list (see desktop/unity/launcher in the left panel), but if I set "keep in the launcher" for another application that is not already in the list (for instance dconf-editor), then 'dconf-editor.desktop' appears and 'thunderbird.desktop' is deleted.

Too much entries ? No.
If I launch another application (gparted), I may keep it in the launcher, its item 'gparted.desktop' is added in the favorites list and the one of dconf-editor is always in the list.

Now, if I remove gparted, dconf-editor stays in the list of favorites and so on.

At second sight, I found a strange file ~/.local/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop which properties are:
Command: /opt/thunderbirdV14/thunderbird %u
This is a remaining of my previous install (U10.04 LTS). I needed to install TB V14 in /opt instead of the standard install for an obscur reason of french locating missing( hey, that's sound the very first post). It seems the upgrade to U12.04 is corrupted by this old file although it seems the right file is at the right place: ~/.gnome2/panel2.d/default/launchers/thunderbird.desktop.
Then I deleted the .desktop in .local and all is ok now: TB is visible in the Dashboard, the blue icon is used, TB stays in the Launcher.

All this to give perhaps a clue to other users having the same troubles.