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<p>Hi Gunnar,</p>
<p>guess I need to file a bug for the .desktop icon & launch
issue ... will take time.<br>
</p>
<p>Just FYI - if there is a newer version to <font size="-1">(19.01.1-1)
</font>in -updates - it hides pretty well as zero results after
running all the various update commands I did stumble across:<br>
</p>
<blockquote>
<p><font size="-1">[~$] sudo apt-get clean && sudo apt-get
update && sudo apt upgrade && sudo apt-get
dist-upgrade && sudo apt-get autoremove<br>
[~$] sudo apt update<br>
...<br>
<b>=> All packets are up to date</b><br>
</font></p>
<p><font size="-1">[~$] sudo apt install
gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons <br>
...<br>
gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons ist schon die neueste
Version (19.01.1-1).<br>
0 aktualisiert, 0 neu installiert, 0 zu entfernen und 0 nicht
aktualisiert.<br>
</font></p>
<p><b><font size="-1">=> the latest version
19.01.1-1is already installed</font></b><br>
</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Thanks again!<br>
</p>
<p>Regards,</p>
<p>Thomas</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 27.05.19 um 20:29 schrieb Gunnar
Hjalmarsson:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:33e1486b-ae62-47b5-a21c-6193906c748c@ubuntu.com">On
2019-05-27 18:49, Thomas Stadtmüller wrote:
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons ist
schon die neueste Version
<br>
(19.01.1-1).
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
Well, there is a newer one in -updates.
<br>
<br>
sudo apt update
<br>
sudo apt install gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons
<br>
<br>
Worth installing, but I doubt it will make a difference for you.
(If you end up filing a bug, you should indeed have the the
version from -updates installed.)
<br>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">Can you please replicate this on your side
and, e.g. create a sym
<br>
link on your desktop, change the icon in the property and
confirm
<br>
that is also changes the desktop view?
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
I tried with a .desktop file in /usr/share/applications and
figured out a limitation: Your user needs to be the owner of the
.desktop file for a symlink to work. In my test case:
<br>
<br>
sudo chown gunnar: /usr/share/applications/synaptic.desktop
<br>
<br>
Then a symlink worked fine after I had right clicked and choosen
"Allow Launching".
<br>
<br>
A changed icon was reflected on the Desktop after having relogged
in.
<br>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">If I wanted to report this behavior as a
bug - what is the minimal
<br>
information / process required?
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
Not sure in this case.. A summary of this email thread would
probably be a good start. And the package candidate is obvious:
<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons</a>
<br>
<br>
There you see a list of open bugs, but I don't think any of them
covers the "doesn't work at all" case. ;)
<br>
<br>
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