I do confirm the bug. When creating a new launcher on the desktop it is not marked as executable, consequently it triggers the message of warning and it doesn't show the icon.
-- [Jaunty] Desktop launchers created with wrong permissions set https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/340425 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-desktop in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs